Smeringopus cylindrogaster ( Simon, 1907 ) Huber, 2012

HUBER, BERNHARD A., 2012, Revision and cladistic analysis of the Afrotropical endemic genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 3461 (1), pp. 1-138 : 89

Smeringopus cylindrogaster ( Simon, 1907) new combination

Fig. 13

Crossopriza cylindrogaster Simon 1907: 252 . Huber 2009: 2494–2502 , figs. 1–6, 15–23, 45–62, 148.

Distribution: Widely distributed in western and central Africa ( Fig. 545 ).

New records. LIBERIA: Grand Bassa Co. [~ 6°15’N, 9°55’W], ii.1896 (Beulak), 1♂ in USNM .

GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: Monts de Belinga, NE Makokou (0°47.0’N, 13°08.3’E), 530 m a.s.l., degraded forest along road, 15.viii.2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) 2♂ 3♀ in ZFMK (Ar 8504); same data, 1♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 223). Monts de Belinga , forest near Mayebout (1°06.7’N, 13°06.6’E), 500 m a.s.l., 13.–14.viii.2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber), 1♀ 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 198). Ivindo N.P. near Simintang (0°32.2’N, 12°41.3’E), 545 m a.s.l., forest, 16.viii.2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber), 2♀ in ZFMK (Ar 8505) . Ngounié: near Moulandoufouala (1°38.1’S, 10°42.5’E), 110 m a.s.l., forest along road, 27.viii.2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) 1♂ in ZFMK (Ar 8506) .

CONGO D.R.: Mongala Prov. : Mbangi (2°07’N, 21°44’E), old secondary forest, 23./ 25.vi.2009 (D. de Bakker), 3♀ 3 juvs. (3 vials) in MRAC.

Figures

FIGURE 545. Known distribution of the cylindrogaster group.

FIGURES 2–13. Smeringopus, alive specimens in their natural habitats. 2. S. bwindi, female with eggsac (Uganda, Bwindi). 3–4. S. chogoria, females with eggsac and spiderlings (Kenya, Mau Mau and Chogoria). 5. S. mpanga, female with spiderlings (Uganda, Kalinzu). 6–7. S. ngangao, male and web with silk-balls (Kenya, Ngangao). 8–10. S. peregrinus, web with silk-balls (Kenya, Gonkonyi), female (Kenya, Hell’s Gate), female with eggsac (Gonkonyi). 11. S. pallidus, female with eggsac (Uganda, Semuliki). 12. S. lesserti, male (Gabon, Mayebout). 13. S. cylindrogaster (Guinea, Dieke).