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World Spider Catalog, Help!
Being that this hobby is very addictive and I have a big most wanted list plus the fact that I am still new to the hobby, I have quickly realised that common names should be avoided and that scientific names is the way to go. So I set myself the task of making my most wanted list of only scientific names and so thought that the world spider catalog would be a good place to start familiarizing with the scientific names and to gain a better understanding of things, but this has caused me a problem, how to understand the world spider catalog. Now I know that I ain't the smartest cookie in the jar and I have read the introduction but I just can't make any sense of this, I've sort of picked up on finding the genus then the species but I just can't make out what all the other stuff / scientific lingo means, so if anyone knows how this all works / what it all means (example below) your help would be very highly appreciated.
Gen. Haplopelma Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00229]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 by Raven, 1985a: 116 (but see also Schmidt, 2010b, who considered the type species a member of Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892 and therefore considered Melopoeus the earliest available name for the remaining species).
Transferred to other genera:
H. chrysothrix Schmidt & Samm, 2005 -- see Ornithoctonus aureotibialis.
H. costale Schmidt, 1998 -- see Ornithoctonus.
In synonymy:
H. huwenum (Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993) = H. schmidti von Wirth, 1991 (Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 420)
mf albostriatum (Simon, 1886)....................Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002046]
Selenocosmia albostriata Simon, 1886a: 161 (Dmf).
Melopoeus albostriatus Pocock, 1895a: 180.
Melopoeus albostriatus Simon, 1903a: 945, f. 1089-1091 (m).
Melopoeus albostriatus Simon, 1904b: 270, pl. 16, f. 1 (mf).
Melopoeus albostriatus Schmidt, 1986: 73, f. 128-130 (m).
Melopoeus albostriatus Smith, 1987c: 10, f. 1-15 (m).
H. a. Smith, 1996: 25, f. 27-36 (m).
H. a. Peters, 2000b: 15, f. 19-20 (m).
f doriae (Thorell, 1890) *....................Borneo [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002048]
Selenocosmia d. Thorell, 1890a: 397 (Df).
H. d. Simon, 1892a: 151.
H. d. Simon, 1903a: 946, f. 1092.
H. d. Schmidt, 1998a: 2, f. 2 (f).
H. d. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 813-814 (f).
Ornithoctonus d. Schmidt, 2010b: 30, f. 4.1-4.2 (f; generic placement not supported by cladistic analysis or investigation of type specimen of that genus).
mf hainanum (Liang et al., 1999)....................China [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:038350]
Selenocosmia hainana Liang et al., 1999: 300, f. 1-4 (Df).
Ornithoctonus hainana Zhu, Song & Li, 2001: 1, f. 1-7 (Tf from Selenocosmia, Dm).
Selenocosmia hainana Chen et al., 2004: 607, f. 5-10 (m).
H. h. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 815-817 (mf).
H. h. von Wirth & Striffler, 2005: 17 (Tmf from Ornithoctonus).
H. h. Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 427, f. 2A-G, 10 (mf).
mf lividum Smith, 1996....................Myanmar [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002049]
H. l. Smith, 1996: 22, f. 1-14 (Dmf).
H. l. Peters, 2000b: 17, f. 28, 30-31 (mf).
H. l. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 818-819 (mf).
mf longipes von Wirth & Striffler, 2005....................Thailand, Cambodia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039499]
H. l. von Wirth & Striffler, 2005: 17, f. 19-29 (Dmf).
H. l. Schmidt, 2006c: 9, f. 2 (f).
mf minax (Thorell, 1897)....................Myanmar, Thailand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002050]
Melopoeus m. Thorell, 1897a: 182 (Df).
Ornithoctonus m. Gravely, 1935b: 211, f. a-c (Dm).
Melopoeus m. Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 48, f. 43 (f).
H. m. Smith, 1996: 24, f. 15-26 (m).
H. m. Peters, 2000b: 18, f. 32C-E (mf).
H. m. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 820-821 (m).
f robustum Strand, 1907....................Singapore [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002051]
H. r. Strand, 1907l: 70 (Df).
f salangense (Strand, 1907)....................Malaysia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002052]
Melopoeus salangensis Strand, 1907l: 67 (Df).
mf schmidti von Wirth, 1991....................China, Vietnam [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002053]
H. s. von Wirth, 1991b: 7, f. 1-11 (Df).
H. s. Schmidt, 1993d: 122, f. 386, 393 (f).
Selenocosmia huwena Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993: 72, f. 1-4 (Df, not m, per Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 41) [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002414].
Selenocosmia huwena Yin & Bao, 1995b: 131, f. 1-9 (Dm).
Selenocosmia huwena Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 40, f. 17N-P (mf).
Selenocosmia huwena Peters, 1999: 7, f. 1, 4 (f).
H. s. Peters, 1999: 11, f. 2-3 (f).
H. s. Peters, 2000b: 19, f. 35 (f).
Selenocosmia huwena Zhang, 2000: 22, f. 1.1-7 (mf).
Ornithoctonus huwena Zhu & Song, 2000a: 54. f. 1-16 (Tmf from Selenocosmia).
Ornithoctonus huwena Peters, 2000b: 59, f. 157-159 (mf).
Ornithoctonus huwena Chen et al., 2003: 70, f. 8 (m).
H. s. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 822-825 (mf).
H. huwenum von Wirth & Striffler, 2005: 17 (Tmf from Ornithoctonus).
H. s. Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 429, f. 3A-K, 13-14 (f, Sm).
H. s. Schmidt, 2010a: 23, f. 3.1-4 (f).
mf vonwirthi Schmidt, 2005....................Southeast Asia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039500]
H. v. Schmidt, 2005a: 5, f. 1-3 (f, nomen nudum, no type depository; probably misidentified H. minax per von Wirth & Striffler, 2005).
H. v. Schmidt, 2005g: 24, f. 1-3 (Df).
H. v. Peters, 2005b: 72, f. 235-241 (f, f. m).
H. volkervonwirthi Schmidt, 2006a: 7, f. 1-3 (Dm, superfluous replacement name).
H. volkervonwirthi Schmidt, 2006c: 9, f. 1 (f).
Being that this hobby is very addictive and I have a big most wanted list plus the fact that I am still new to the hobby, I have quickly realised that common names should be avoided and that scientific names is the way to go. So I set myself the task of making my most wanted list of only scientific names and so thought that the world spider catalog would be a good place to start familiarizing with the scientific names and to gain a better understanding of things, but this has caused me a problem, how to understand the world spider catalog. Now I know that I ain't the smartest cookie in the jar and I have read the introduction but I just can't make any sense of this, I've sort of picked up on finding the genus then the species but I just can't make out what all the other stuff / scientific lingo means, so if anyone knows how this all works / what it all means (example below) your help would be very highly appreciated.
Gen. Haplopelma Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00229]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 by Raven, 1985a: 116 (but see also Schmidt, 2010b, who considered the type species a member of Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892 and therefore considered Melopoeus the earliest available name for the remaining species).
Transferred to other genera:
H. chrysothrix Schmidt & Samm, 2005 -- see Ornithoctonus aureotibialis.
H. costale Schmidt, 1998 -- see Ornithoctonus.
In synonymy:
H. huwenum (Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993) = H. schmidti von Wirth, 1991 (Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 420)
mf albostriatum (Simon, 1886)....................Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002046]
Selenocosmia albostriata Simon, 1886a: 161 (Dmf).
Melopoeus albostriatus Pocock, 1895a: 180.
Melopoeus albostriatus Simon, 1903a: 945, f. 1089-1091 (m).
Melopoeus albostriatus Simon, 1904b: 270, pl. 16, f. 1 (mf).
Melopoeus albostriatus Schmidt, 1986: 73, f. 128-130 (m).
Melopoeus albostriatus Smith, 1987c: 10, f. 1-15 (m).
H. a. Smith, 1996: 25, f. 27-36 (m).
H. a. Peters, 2000b: 15, f. 19-20 (m).
f doriae (Thorell, 1890) *....................Borneo [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002048]
Selenocosmia d. Thorell, 1890a: 397 (Df).
H. d. Simon, 1892a: 151.
H. d. Simon, 1903a: 946, f. 1092.
H. d. Schmidt, 1998a: 2, f. 2 (f).
H. d. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 813-814 (f).
Ornithoctonus d. Schmidt, 2010b: 30, f. 4.1-4.2 (f; generic placement not supported by cladistic analysis or investigation of type specimen of that genus).
mf hainanum (Liang et al., 1999)....................China [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:038350]
Selenocosmia hainana Liang et al., 1999: 300, f. 1-4 (Df).
Ornithoctonus hainana Zhu, Song & Li, 2001: 1, f. 1-7 (Tf from Selenocosmia, Dm).
Selenocosmia hainana Chen et al., 2004: 607, f. 5-10 (m).
H. h. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 815-817 (mf).
H. h. von Wirth & Striffler, 2005: 17 (Tmf from Ornithoctonus).
H. h. Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 427, f. 2A-G, 10 (mf).
mf lividum Smith, 1996....................Myanmar [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002049]
H. l. Smith, 1996: 22, f. 1-14 (Dmf).
H. l. Peters, 2000b: 17, f. 28, 30-31 (mf).
H. l. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 818-819 (mf).
mf longipes von Wirth & Striffler, 2005....................Thailand, Cambodia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039499]
H. l. von Wirth & Striffler, 2005: 17, f. 19-29 (Dmf).
H. l. Schmidt, 2006c: 9, f. 2 (f).
mf minax (Thorell, 1897)....................Myanmar, Thailand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002050]
Melopoeus m. Thorell, 1897a: 182 (Df).
Ornithoctonus m. Gravely, 1935b: 211, f. a-c (Dm).
Melopoeus m. Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 48, f. 43 (f).
H. m. Smith, 1996: 24, f. 15-26 (m).
H. m. Peters, 2000b: 18, f. 32C-E (mf).
H. m. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 820-821 (m).
f robustum Strand, 1907....................Singapore [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002051]
H. r. Strand, 1907l: 70 (Df).
f salangense (Strand, 1907)....................Malaysia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002052]
Melopoeus salangensis Strand, 1907l: 67 (Df).
mf schmidti von Wirth, 1991....................China, Vietnam [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002053]
H. s. von Wirth, 1991b: 7, f. 1-11 (Df).
H. s. Schmidt, 1993d: 122, f. 386, 393 (f).
Selenocosmia huwena Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993: 72, f. 1-4 (Df, not m, per Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 41) [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002414].
Selenocosmia huwena Yin & Bao, 1995b: 131, f. 1-9 (Dm).
Selenocosmia huwena Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 40, f. 17N-P (mf).
Selenocosmia huwena Peters, 1999: 7, f. 1, 4 (f).
H. s. Peters, 1999: 11, f. 2-3 (f).
H. s. Peters, 2000b: 19, f. 35 (f).
Selenocosmia huwena Zhang, 2000: 22, f. 1.1-7 (mf).
Ornithoctonus huwena Zhu & Song, 2000a: 54. f. 1-16 (Tmf from Selenocosmia).
Ornithoctonus huwena Peters, 2000b: 59, f. 157-159 (mf).
Ornithoctonus huwena Chen et al., 2003: 70, f. 8 (m).
H. s. Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 822-825 (mf).
H. huwenum von Wirth & Striffler, 2005: 17 (Tmf from Ornithoctonus).
H. s. Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 429, f. 3A-K, 13-14 (f, Sm).
H. s. Schmidt, 2010a: 23, f. 3.1-4 (f).
mf vonwirthi Schmidt, 2005....................Southeast Asia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039500]
H. v. Schmidt, 2005a: 5, f. 1-3 (f, nomen nudum, no type depository; probably misidentified H. minax per von Wirth & Striffler, 2005).
H. v. Schmidt, 2005g: 24, f. 1-3 (Df).
H. v. Peters, 2005b: 72, f. 235-241 (f, f. m).
H. volkervonwirthi Schmidt, 2006a: 7, f. 1-3 (Dm, superfluous replacement name).
H. volkervonwirthi Schmidt, 2006c: 9, f. 1 (f).