Loxosceles fontainei Millot, 1941

Lotz, L. N., 2012, Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 3522, pp. 1-41 : 17

Loxosceles fontainei Millot, 1941

( Figs. 9B, 11B)

Loxosceles fontainei Millot, 1941: 36 , f. 13A–B.

Types: 3♀, 1♂ and 3juv. syntypes from Gunea: Macenta, [ca. 0830'N, 0930'W], J. Millot, July 1937 [ MNHN] [examined in part, see note] .

Note: Male syntype pecimen from MNHN ( AR1322 ) were received for examination. The females and immature specimens mentioned in the type description were not included .

Diagnosis: Male palp tibia long, cymbium short, similar to L. foutadjalloni , L. rufescens , L. rufipes and L. vonwredei ; differing from L. foutadjalloni in the palp bulb being about a third of tibia length and from L. rufescens in the palp tibia length/height ratio being more than 2.0; differs from L. rufipes in the femur/cymbium ratio being less than 4.5, but this is not a very clear distinction and the two species could be synonymous as mentioned below; differing from L. vonwredei in the palp tibia length/height ratio being less than 2.5 ( Fig. 9B). Female spermathecae not seen, but could be similar to that of L. rufipes , with which it may be synonymous according to Duncan et al. (2010).

Female: (from type description): TL = 7.9; CL = 3.1; CW = 2.8.

Leg measurements:

Distribution: Loxosceles fontainei is known from Guinea ( Fig. 11B).