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Peucetia casseli Simon, 1900 has priority over P. longipes Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Oxyopidae)

March 2017
Zootaxa 4237(3):574

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.7

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Theo Blick

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Daniel Gloor

World Spider Catalog Association WSCA

The World Spider Catalog (WSC 2016) currently lists Peucetia longipes Pocock, 1899 as a senior synonym of P. casseli Simon, 1899; according to Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman (1994: 16). The synonymy decision per se is not to be doubted but, regarding the senior name choice, it was stated that “As both P. [Peucetia] longipes and P. casseli were described in 1899, we decided to give P. longipes priority over P. casseli as the former species was more often referred to in the literature.” So Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman (1994) did not check the month or even the day of the two relevant publications.

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Peucetia casseli Simon, 1900 has priority over P. longipes Pocock, 1900

(Araneae, Oxyopidae)

THEO BLICK

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& DANIEL GLOOR

Callistus – Gemeinschaft für Zoologische & Ökologische Untersuchungen [association for zoological and ecological research],

Heidloh 8, 95503 Hummeltal, Germany. E-Mail: callistus@theoblick.de

University of Bern, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. E-Mail: daniel.gloor@nmbe.ch

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The World Spider Catalog (WSC 2016) currently lists Peucetia longipes Pocock, 1899 as a senior synonym of P. casseli

Simon, 1899; according to Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman (1994: 16). The synonymy decision per se is not to be

doubted but, regarding the senior name choice, it was stated that “As both P. [Peucetia] longipes and P. casseli were

described in 1899, we decided to give P. longipes priority over P. casseli as the former species was more often referred to

in the literature.” So Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman (1994) did not check the month or even the day of the two relevant

publications.

We became aware of this case while incorporating step by step corrections relating to the actual dates of publication

of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, according to Duncan (1937, see also Dickinson 2005) into the

World Spider Catalog. After Duncan (1937) the paper by Pocock was published in April 1900. So we checked the

publication by Simon (1900) and found out that it too was not published in 1899, but on January 30, 1900 (Milne

Edwards 1900).

The ICZN (2012) articles 23.9.1.1 and 23.9.1.2 (reversal of precedence) are not relevant in this case as the senior

name has been used after 1899 and no prevailing usage of the younger name can be stated. ICZN article 23.10 (erroneous

reversal of precedence) is not relevant either, as the synonymy was stated without checking the detailed dates of

publication.

Thus, based on ICZN article 24.2.5 (Unnecessary action by a First Reviser), and on the fact that Peucetia casseli

Simon, 1900 has priority over Peucetia longipes Pocock, 1900, the former must be considered the senior synonym of the

latter.

Thanks to Jason Dunlop (Berlin, Germany) for the linguistic checking as well as to Alessandro Minelli (Padova,

Italy) and to Mark Harvey (Perth, Australia) for commenting the case.

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