Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893

Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 4341 (4), pp. 475-494 : 491

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scientific name	Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893
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Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893 View in CoL

( FIGS 16 View FIGURES 1 – 18 , 35 View FIGURES 19 – 37 )

Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893: 273 View in CoL ; 1894: 64; Newlands, 1975: 146, f. 6; 1986: 73, f. 46–48; Lotz, 2012: 32 View Cited Treatment .

Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: GAUTENG PROvINcE, PRETORIA, 2♀ ANd 3 IMM., ApIES RIvER CAvE, 25°47’S, 28°13’E, 15.II.2002, M GoogleMaps . MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2005/359); 1♀, FOUNTAIN CAVES, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 23.X.2002, J. MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2004/518); 1♂, GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 1.II.1998, A. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2007/1621); WONdERbOOM CAvE, 25°42’S, 28°12’E, 9.IX.1999, J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2003/1451).

Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES. SOME SpEcIMENS WERE cOLLEcTEd fROM THE SAME cAvE AS L. parramae .

Distribution. CAvES IN THE PRETORIA AREA, SOUTH AfRIcA ( FIG. 39 View FIGURES 39 ).