Modisimus Simon, 1893

Huber, Bernhard A. & Kwapong, Peter, 2013, West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 59, pp. 1-44 : 10

Modisimus Simon, 1893

The pantropical M. culicinus (Simon, 1893) is the only representative of this otherwise New World genus in Africa. It is probably not rare but due to its small size and cryptic lifestyle it has previously been recorded only twice from Africa (Congo DR and Kenya; Lessert 1938 – sub Hedypsilus lawrencei Lessert, 1938 – and Huber & Warui 2012). It is here newly recorded for West Africa ( Fig. 28 ).

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Figs 27 - 28. Known distributions of the genera Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987, Modisimus Simon, 1893, Nyikoa Huber, 2007, and Quamtana Huber, 2003 in West Africa.