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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
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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
).