Neischnocolus obscurus ( Ausserer, 1875 )

Peñaherrera-R, Pedro, Guerrero-Campoverde, Ariel, León-E, Roberto J., Gabriel, Ray, Sherwood, Danniella & Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., 2025, Revisiting the tarantula genus Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925 (Araneae, Theraphosidae): new insights on male palpal bulb morphology and description of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1022, pp. 19-50 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3079
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA169159-91E4-4DF7-A5A3-B6DE29ED14B3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17419754
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F70CAE07-FF9A-5238-ACA6-FD5F485EFB21
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neischnocolus obscurus ( Ausserer, 1875 )
status

Treatment

Neischnocolus obscurus ( Ausserer, 1875) View in CoL nomen dubium

Fig. 2

Ischnocolus obscurus Ausserer, 1875: 171 .

Eurypelma obscurum View in CoL – Roewer 1942: 240.

Ami obscura View in CoL – Pérez-Miles et al. 2008: 65 View Cited Treatment .

Neischnocolus obscurus View in CoL – Pérez-Miles et al. 2019: 154.

Remarks

The type material of N. obscurus is lost, searches by RG and DS on a number of occasions in both the Natural History Museum, London, and Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna [the two museums which hold what survives of the Ausserer collection] have failed to turn up the specimens. Therefore, it is impossible to clarify the taxonomy of this species until topotypic material can be collected and a neotype designated for stability. We propose N. obscurus be regarded as nomen dubium.