Description of the male of the spider Eustala vellardi Mello-Leitão, 1924, the female of E. delasmata Bryant, 1945 and seven species of Eustala Simon, 1895 declared as nomina dubia (Araneae, Araneidae)
Author
Poeta, Maria Rita M.
Author
Teixeira, Renato Augusto
text
Zootaxa
2017
4273
1
112
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journal article
28699
10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.8
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1175-5326
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Eustala essequibensis
(
Hingston, 1932
)
Epeira essequibensis
Hingston, 1932
: 366
. Male
holotype
from
Essequibo River
,
British Guiana
(
BMNH
, presumably lost, not examined).
Singa essequibensis
Mello-Leitão, 1948
: 171
Wixia essequibensis
Levi, 1991
: 179
Eustala essequibensis
Levi, 1995
: 209
. WSC 2017.
Note.
Levi (1991
,
1995
) pointed to the challenges in recognizing this species without the specimens and proper diagnosis, descriptions, and figures. Type material not found in BMNH. Thus, we consider it as a
nomen dubium
.