Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)

Species

Phalangium medium Herbst, in Lichtenstein and Herbst, 1797: 77-79, plate IV fig. 1.

Phrynus medius (Herbst): Latreille, 1804: 137; Latreille, 1818b: 11, plate 343; C.L. Koch, 1840: 8-10, fig. 598; Gervais, 1844: 4-5 (misidentification?); C.L. Koch, 1850: 80; Butler, 1873c: 120 (in part?); Butler, 1879: 314; Pereyaslawzewa, 1897a: 319-320.

Tarantula media (Herbst): Leach, 1814: 428.

Phrynus bassamensis Lucas, 1858: 434-436; Butler, 1873c: 120, plate 7 fig. 3; Butler, 1879: 314 (Simon, 1885d: 385).

Phrynus kochii Butler, 1873c: 118, plate 6 fig. 2; Butler, 1879: 314 (synonymised by Simon, 1885d: 385).

Phrynus granulosus Butler, 1873c: 122-123, plate 7 figs 10-12; Butler, 1879: 315 (synonymised by Pocock, 1894d: 290).

Phrynus savatieri Rochebrune, 1883: 28 (synonymised by Simon, 1886c: lxxxvi).

Damon medius (Herbst): Greeff, 1884: 60; Simon, 1885d: 385; Simon, 1887a: 276; Simon, 1887b: 455; Hansen, 1894: 150, 155, 159, plate II fig. 9; Kraepelin, 1899a: 238-239, fig. 87; Kraepelin, 1901b: 264; Werner, 1902: 606-607; Börner, 1904: 5, text fig. 44, figs 2, 31, 67; Simon, 1904: 443; Lampe, 1918: 205; Fage, 1923b: 298; Kästner, 1932: figs 32, 38, 62, 88, 94; Werner, 1935a: 472, figs 51, 60, 67b, 147-148; Fage, 1939a: 109-110, figs 3a, 3a', 4b, 6 (in part, see Damon tibialis (Simon)); Fage, 1939b: 153; Millot, 1949d: figs 319c, 325, 338, 346; Fage, 1954: 180, fig. 2; Lawrence, 1958b: 858, figs 1b, 1d; Vandel, 1965: 94; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 156; Lawrence, 1968a: 4-5, figs 1h-i; Lawrence, 1969b: 82, 86 (in part, see Damon tibialis (Simon)); Delle Cave and Simonetta, 1975: 161; Weygoldt, 1999a: 10-13, figs 10-18; Weygoldt, 1999b: 49, 53-55, 60, 61, figs 7-13; Weygoldt, 1999c: 110; Weygoldt, 2000a: figs 4, 56-58, 112, 188-191, 232-235, 293; Weygoldt, 2000b: 342, 346, figs 11-12, 14; Harvey, 2003c: 12-13; Penney, 2009: unnumbered figs on page 72.

Titanodamon kochii (Butler): Pocock, 1894d: 290.

Titanodamon bassamensis (Lucas): Pocock, 1894d: 290-291; Pocock, 1899e: 837; Mello-Leitão, 1931: 37.

Titanodamon medius (Herbst): Kraepelin, 1895: 14-17, figs 7-8; Mello-Leitão, 1931: 37.

Titanodamon medius (typicus) (Herbst): Kraepelin, 1895: 16.

Damon medius (typicus) (Herbst): Kraepelin, 1899a: 239; Hansen, 1921: 7.

Charon medius (Herbst): Shipley, 1909: fig. 525.

Damon medius medius (Herbst): Frade, 1948: 14-15.

Not Phrynus medius (Herbst): Hoeven, 1842a: 68-76, figs 1-14 (misidentification; see Charon grayi (Gervais)).

Type Locality

Phalangium medium: Liberia (neotype designated by Weygoldt, 1999a: 10).

Phrynus bassamensis: Grand-Bassam, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Phrynus kochii: America (but undoubtedly mislabelled).

Phrynus granulosus: South America (but undoubtedly mislabelled).

Phrynus savatieri: Sédhiou, Kolda, Senegal.
Tionk Essil (as Ile de Thiok), Ziguinchar, Senegal.

Distribution

Phalangium medium Herbst, in Lichtenstein and Herbst, 1797
Phrynus bassamensis Lucas, 1858
Phrynus kochii Butler, 1873
Phrynus granulosus Butler, 1873
Phrynus savatieri Rochebrune, 1883

Latitude: 6°N

Longitude: 10°W

Coordinates based upon: Liberia (IMPRECISE)