[Taxacom] Taxonomic question

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

1865 p. 468 should be this one:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96107#page/508/mode/1up

in addition to Doug's cited characters:

"the coriaceous integument of the body, and the hairs attached to the feet"
and
"resemblance to the recent genus Lycosa"

I would not employ the term "sad", for it lacks a neutral approach to 
the situation. Either this description denoted the taxon at the time 
when this was published, or not. Arachnological expertise is necessary 
to judge this. If it did not denote the taxon, i.e. if the description 
did clearly not allow to distinguish the taxon from others known at the 
time, then the next available source must be consulted.

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Francisco

Am 20.03.2020 um 01:03 schrieb Doug Yanega via Taxacom:
> I found "On a fossil spider from the coal-measures of Upper Silesia".
> 
> If this is treated as acceptable, it is very sad indeed that "four pairs 
> of feet with all their segments and the two palpi" qualifies as a 
> Code-compliant description.
> 
> Sigh.
>