Genus: Ricinoides Ewing, 1929 | Family: Ricinoididae Ewing, 1929 | Order: Ricinulei Thorell, 1876

Ricinoides iita Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Ricinoides iita

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b3f9da8b-1e1f-49dd-9aaf-9fce8038bb8e

Taxonomic references

Ricinoides iita Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini:

Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021: 1-68, figs. 5, 6E, 9E, 10C, 11E, 14E, 17E, 20E, 21E, 24A, C, E, G, 27, 30A, C, E, G, I, 33E, tables 1, 2, 4 original description

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: West Africa

Nigeria
Type locality:
Oyo: Ibaden [Ibadan], International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (I.I.T.A.)

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 IITA Forest Reserve 7.5 3.883333
Type repository
  • Holotype National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA Male, Two microvials contain the following detached pieces: sinistral leg I, dextral leg III, and copulatory apparatus
References

Botero-Trujillo, R., Sain, C.E. & Prendini, L. (2021). Systematics of the "giant" Ricinulei (Ricinoididae: Ricinoides) of West Africa : with descriptions of five new species and comparative morphology of the male copulatory apparatus. American Museum Novitates 448: 1–68. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-06-29 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021
2022-06-29 New species inserted