An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species Author Lotz, L. N. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-02 4341 4 475 494 journal article 31653 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2 7cf1fed4-397f-4cdc-8720-5fdf220ebf63 1175-5326 1040541 723F3227-A214-43F8-B598-CD7DFDB8B48B Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904 ( FIGS 17 , 36 ) Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904 : 140 ; Newlands, 1975 : 144 , f. 2–5, 8, 10–13; 1986: 77, f. 52–54; Lotz, 2012 : 34 . Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: EASTERN CApE PROvINcE , 1♀ , GREAT FISH RIvER RESERvE, ULSTER fARM bORdER, 33°29’S , 27°08’E , 4.X.1993 , M . BURGER LEG . ( ACAT 96 /13) ; 1♀ AND 1 IMM., HANKEY, BAVIAANSKLOOF RD., 33°43’S, 24°37’E, 20.I.2004 , L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 9201); 1♂, HUMANSDORP, JEFFREYS BAY, 34°04’S, 20°05’E, 2.III.1995 , J. DU PREEz LEG. (NMBA 8158); WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE , 2♀ , DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE , POTBERG , 34°17’S , 20°17’E , 4.IV.2004 , C . HADDAD LEG. (ACAT 2007/3374); 1♂, HEIDELBERG, GROOTVADERSBOS, 34°01’S, 20°46’E, 1.II.1989 , G. MÜLLER LEG. (ACAT 89/289); 1♀ AND 2 IMM., MONTAGU, [33°47’S, 20°07’E], XI.1919 , R.W. TUCKER LEG . ( SAM B4761) ; HOLOTYPE , SWELLENDAM , PASS AT AVONTUUR , NEAR STORMSVLEI , [ 34°04’S , 20°05’E ], W.F. PURCELL, AUGUST 1900 ( SAM X007915). Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM FYNbOS, fROM pITfALL TRApS, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd LOGS, ANd fROM INSIdE bUILdINGS. Distribution. SOUTHERN pART Of SOUTH AfRIcA ( FIG. 38 ).