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 bergeri
Strand, 1906
(
FIGS 1
,
19
)
Loxosceles bergeri
Strand, 1906b
: 26
;
Newlands 1986
: 64
, f. 34–36;
Lotz, 2012
: 15
.
Loxosceles spinulosa
—
Newlands, 1975
: 144
(misidentified).
Loxosceles pilosa
—
Lotz, 2012
: 27
, f. 9F, 10,F, 15A (2juv.♀ paralectotypes misidentified).
Note.
THE STUdY Of ALL THE AvAILAbLE SpEcIMENS fROM THE cOLLEcTIONS LEd TO THE cONcLUSION THAT SpEcIMENS Of
L. bergeri
ANd
L. pilosa
MENTIONEd IN pREvIOUS pUbLIcATIONS (
NEWLANdS 1986
,
LOTz 2012
) WERE MISIdENTIfIEd.
L. pilosa
ONLY OccUR IN THE MOST SOUTHERN pART Of NAMIbIA ANd IN SOUTH AfRIcA. THE MISIdENTIfIEd 2jUv.♀ pARALEcTOTYpES (dESIGNATEd bY
LOTz 2012
) fROM NAMIbIA, SHOULd bE
L. bergeri
ANd NOT
L. pilosa
.
Specimens
studied.
NAMIBIA
:
1♀
,
AREB
, [
23°32’S
,
16°23’E
],
4.I.1916
, R.W
.
TUCKER LEG
. (
SAM
B2165)
;
1♂
AND 1
IMM
.,
HOCHLAND
PARK
, [NO SPECIFIC COORDINATES],
IV.1999
, M. COETzEE
LEG
. (
SMN
44421)
; 1♂, 5♀ AND 13 IMM., KARAbIb, NOOITGEdAG, [cA. 21°57’S, 16°01’E], 1.
IX.1
990, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41794),
3.IX.1990
–
17.IV.1991
(SMN 43440),
2.VII.1993
(SMN 43025),
10.VIII. 1995
(SMN 43690),
3.IV.1993
, J. IRISH LEG., (NMBA 7366); 2♂ AND 2♀, KLEIN WINDHOEK, [22°34’S, 17°06’E],
III.1982
, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 42682),
IV.1988
(SMN 40837),
22.XII.1989
(SMN 41758),
4.VI.1999
(SMN 44387),
14.VI.1990
, I. VAN HOLTz LEG. (SMN 41910); 1♀, LICHTENSTEIN NORTH, [22°32’S, 17°03’E],
5.VII.1961
, E. RUSCH LEG. (SMN 35152); 1♂, NAMIB DESERT PARK, GOBABEB, [23°34’S, 15°02’E],
29.III.1986
, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 4 2540);
2♂
,
1♀
AND 5
IMM
.,
NAMIB DESERT
, 43KM EAST-SOUTEAST
Of
SWAkOpMUNd, [
22°49’S
,
14°52’E
],
7.VI.2013
, D. JAcObS & C. DEScHOdT
LEG
. (AcAT 2014/2120, 2014/2121)
; 1♂, 2♀, NAMIB DESERT, 48KM EAST-SOUTEAST OF SWAKOPMUND, [22°51’S, 14°59’E],
7.VI.2013
, D. JACOBS & C. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2014/2122, 2014/2123);
1♂
AND 2
IMM
.,
NAMIB DESERT
, 73KM
EAST
OF
WALVIS
BAY
, [
23°07’S
,
15°10’E
],
12.VI.2013
, D. JACOBS & C
. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2013/5542); RöSSIN MINE, 2♂ AND 1♀, ARANdIS, 22°22’S, 14°59’E,
3–28.VIII.1984
, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38213),
23.X–19.XI.1984
(SMN 38386),
11.III–9.IV.1985
(SMN 38705); 2♂, LOWER OSTRICH GORGE, 22°30’S, 14°58’E,
3–30.VII.1984
, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38186),
3–28.VIII.1984
(SMN 38250); PANNER GORGE, 22°29’S, 15°01’E, 1♂,
9.IV–8.V.1984
, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 37062),
5.VI–3.VII.1984
, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38118); 1♀,
28.VIII–25.IX.1984
, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38291); 1♀, UPPER OSTRICH GORGE, 22°29’S, 14°59’E,
18.XII.1984
–
14.I.1985
, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38524); 1♂, USAKOS, [21°59’S, 15°35’E],
II.1920
, R.
TUCKER LEG
. (
SAM
B5590)
; 1♀, WINDHOEK, [22°34’S, 17°04’E],
3.V.1972
, M.-L. PENRITH LEG. (SMN 35438); 5♂, 3♀ AND 5 IMM., WINDHOEK, ARNHEM CAVE, 22°42’S, 18°07’E,
15.VIII–12.X.1987
, J. IRISH & E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41154),
12.X–4.XII.1987
, (SMN 41954, 43436),
3.II.2007
, T.L. BIRd,
et al.
LEG. (SMN 46279).
Natural History.
COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, NAMA KAROO ANd DESERT, fROM pITfALL TRApS, ANd fROM INSIdE cAvES ANd bUILdINGS.
Distribution.
CENTRAL
NAMIbIA
(
FIG. 38
).