Phintelloides versicolor (C. L. Koch, 1846 )

Lin, Yejie, Wu, Lingbing, Cai, Ducheng, Li, Shuqiang, Barrion, Alberto Tomas & Heong, Kong-Luen, 2023, Review of 43 spider species from Hainan Island, China (Arachnida, Araneae), Zootaxa 5351 (5), pp. 501-533 : 513-515

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8392224
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scientific name	Phintelloides versicolor (C. L. Koch, 1846 )
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Phintelloides versicolor (C. L. Koch, 1846) View in CoL View at ENA

Plexippus versicolor C. L. Koch, 1846: 103 , fig. 1165 (♁).

Phintella paminta Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong View in CoL , in Barrion et al., 2013: 25, fig. 27A–C (♀). syn. nov.

Phintelloides versicolor Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019: 22 View in CoL ; Peng, 2020: 308, fig. 221a–h (♁ ♀).

For a complete list of taxonomic references see World Spider Catalog (2023).

Type material of Phintella paminta (examined). Holotype ♀ (coll. no. Dap 46), CHINA: Hainan Island, Dapo Town, Dapo Village , 25.III–9.IV.2011, leg. A. T. Barrion et al.

Description and diagnosis. See Peng (2020) for a redescription, illustrations and a diagnosis of the species.

Distribution. Widespread in tropical and subtropical Asian, including China (Anhui, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang,), Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Japan and Indonesia, and additionally also introduced to the USA.

Comments. The type material of Phintella paminta was examined and its somatic and genitalic morphology were consistent with that of Phintelloides versicolor . Thus, we consider Phintella paminta syn. nov. to be the junior synonym of Phintelloides versicolor .