Benin - 2002

Date of issue: 2002
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/1 (souvenir sheet)

This is a cinderella stamp (not valid for postal use) with a scorpion in the gutter. Note that many similar stamps have been printed with other country's names on them (see Congo)

Michel #: none - cinderella
order: Scorpiones
family: Scorpionidae (suspected)

Benin - Scorpions

Date of issue: 2002
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/1 (souvenir sheet)

Michel #: none - cinderella
order: Scorpiones
family: Scorpionidae (suspected)

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Benin (2003)

Date of issue: 2003
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 0/11 (souvenir sheet)

I was extremely excited when I had discovered this issue. It was the first time I had found one showing an arachnid of the Thelyphonida order (often called uropygid, or vinegaroon). Of course, it was too good to be true as it is a false issue. Would have been odd for an African country to issue a souvenir sheet showing a scenery of the American South-West (you can clearly see a Gila Monster). Because of the setting, I presume the arachnid shown is a Mastigoproctus giganteus.

Michel #: none - Cinderella
category: souvenir sheet only

Close-up of the uropygid



Benin (2011)

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10

The one stamp that is not an arachnid is a horseshoe crab.

I am not sure if this series is valid or not. It looks fake to me. The perforation is very cheap. Also, the official language of Benin is French, the name of the series and the country is in French but the texts about Brachypelma smithi and Pandinus imperator are in English, which is weird.



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theridiidae
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Aphonopelma eutylenum Chamberlin, 1940

Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Vaejovidae
Paruroctonus silvestrii (Borelli 1909)

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)

Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Caraboctonidae
Hadrurus arizonensis (Ewing 1928)

Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Vaejovidae
Uroctonus mordax Thorell, 1876

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer, 1837)

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)







Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Scorpionidae
Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841)

Full sheets:

Benin - Spiders

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theridiidae
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)



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Benin - Spiders

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Aphonopelma eutylenum Chamberlin, 1940

For more information on this series, click HERE

Benin - Scorpions

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Vaejovidae
Paruroctonus silvestrii (Borelli 1909)

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Benin - Spiders

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)

For more information on this series, click HERE

Benin - Scorpions

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Caraboctonidae
Hadrurus arizonensis (Ewing 1928)

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Benin - Scorpions

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Vaejovidae
Uroctonus mordax Thorell, 1876

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Benin - Spiders

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Benin - Spiders

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae
Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer, 1837)

For more information on this series, click HERE

Benin - Scorpions

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10

Michel #: ?
order: Scorpiones
family: Scorpionidae
Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841)

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Benin - Horseshoe crab

Date of issue: 2011
Name of issue: Chélicérates (Chelicerata)
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 9/10



Michel #: ?
subphylum: Chelicerata
family: Limulidae
Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Benin - Spiderman

Date of issue: 2008
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 5/9

Michel #: Cinderella ?
category: Spiderman

Full sheet:

Benin - Spiderman

Date of issue: 2008
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 5/9

Michel #: Cinderella ?
category: Spiderman

Benin - Spiderman

Date of issue: 2008
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 5/9

Michel #: Cinderella ?
category: Spiderman

Benin - Spiderman

Date of issue: 2008
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 5/9

Michel #: Cinderella ?
category: Spiderman

Benin - Spiderman

Date of issue: 2008
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 5/9

Michel #: Cinderella ?
category: Spiderman