An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species
Lotz, L. N.
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-02
4341
4
475
494
72NHN
Lotz, 2017
Lotz
2017
[151,407,906,932]
Arachnida
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
GBIF
Animalia
Araneae
3
478
Arthropoda
species
dejagerae
sp. nov.
Types.SOUTH AfRIcA: WESTERNCApE PROvINcE, ♀ HOLOTYpE, GAMkASkLOOf NATURERESERvE, 33°22’S, 21°42’E, 9.V.1996, M. dE JAGER LEG. (AcAT 96/590). PARATYpES. EASTERNCApE PROvINcE, 1♂, 5♀MIddELbURG, 31°30’S, 25°01’E, 15.III.1990, 1.III.1999, 7.II.2006, 3.III.2004, M. dE JAGER LEG. (AcAT 99/69, 2007/1062) (MNBA 976, 9050, 9593); 1♀ AND 2 IMM., WILLOWMORE, UITSPAN, 33°31’S, 23°42’E, 27–28.II.2008, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 11580); NORTHERNCAPE PROVINCE, 1♂, 1♀, VICTORIA WEST, BIESjIESFONTEIN, 31°24’S, 23°07’E, 9.X.1989, R. CONROY LEG., 14.X.1997, A. LEROY LEG. ( ACAT 91/448, 2007/1620); WESTERNCAPE PROVINCE, 3♀, GAMKASKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, DIE HEL, 33°22’S, 21°42’E, 1.VIII.2002, Z. VAN DER WALT LEG. (ACAT 2 002/20); 1♂, PRINCE ALBERT, SWARTbERG PASS, 33°21’S, 22°03’E, 24.I.2004, M. dE JAGER LEG. (NMBA 10307).
Etymology.THE SpEcIES NAME IS A MATRONYM fOR MARIE dE JAGER, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpESpEcIMEN.
Diagnosis.FEMALE MOST SIMILAR TO L. simillima( FIG. 33); dIffERS fROM THIS SpEcIES IN bOTH cOpULATORY TUbES bEING WAvY. FEMALE cOpULATORY TUbES pROcEEd MEdIALLY ENdING IN SMALL ROUNd SpERMATHEcAE ( FIG. 21). MALE pALpAL TIbIA ALMOST AS LONG AS cYMbIUM ANd cYMbIUM NOT MUcH LONGER THAN pULp bULb, MOST SIMILAR TO L. spinulosa( FIG. 17); dIffERING IT IN THE EMbOLUS bEING ROUNdEd ANd NOT SHARp EdGEd ON THE bASAL RIdGE ( FIG. 2).
Description. Female: (N = 10): TL = 6.45 (5.1–8.7); CL = 2.80 (2.2–3.7); CW = 2.55 (2.1–3.5); CLL = 0.37 (0.30–0.45). AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWNTHE cENTERLINE. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, SHORT, MEdIALLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES ( FIG. 21). LEG fORMULA IV:II:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 6.9, pATELLA 1.1, TIbIA 6.8, METATARSUS 6.7, TARSUS 1.4, TOTAL 22.9; II: 7.3, 1.2, 7.5, 7.7, 1.4, 25.1; III: 6.5, 1.1, 5.8, 6.5, 1.2, 21.1; IV: 7.5, 1.1, 7.0, 8.2, 1.4, 25.2. PALp: fEMUR 1.0, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.8, cYMbIUM 1.2, TOTAL 3.4. Male: (N = 3): TL = 4.67 (3.6–5.5); CL = 2.60 (2.0–3.2); CW = 2.53 (2.0–3.0); CLL = 0.35 (0.3–0.4). AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA ALMOST AS LONG AS cYMbIUM ANd cYMbIUM NOT MUcH LONGER THAN pULp bULb; EMbOLUS SLIGHTLY fLATTENEd, cURvEd IN A HOOk-SHApE ANd SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN bULb, WITH A ROUNdEd ANd NOT SHARp EdGEd bASAL RIdGE ( FIG. 2). LEG fORMULA II:I:IV:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 9.5, pATELLA 1.2, TIbIA 11.0, METATARSUS 11.5, TARSUS 1.7, TOTAL 34.9; II: 10.8, 1.2, 12.3, 12.9, 1.7, 38.9; III: 8.6, 1.1, 8.2, 9.8, 1.5, 29.2; IV: 9.8, 1.2, 9.6, 12.2, 1.7, 34.5. PALp: fEMUR 1.0, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 0.7, TOTAL 2.7. Natural History.COLLEcTEd fROM xERIc NAMA KAROO, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd IN bUILdINGS. Distribution. SOUTHERN SOUTHAfRIcA( FIG. 39).
1677458015
1996-05-09
WESTERN, NATURE, JAGER, LEG
-33.366665
WESTERN CApE PROvINcE
1205
21.7
3
478
1
1
WESTERN CApE PROvINcE
holotype
1677458014
15. III. 1990, 1. III. 1999, 7. II. 2006, 3. III. 2004
JAGER, LEG
-31.5
EASTERN CApE PROvINcE
1216
25.016666
3
478
6
5
1
EASTERN CApE PROvINcE
paratype
1677457993
[245,618,1158,1182]
NORTHERN, CAPE, PROVINCE
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE
3
478
2
1
1
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE
paratype
1677458003
[633,1341,1157,1182]
1989-10-09
VICTORIA, WEST
-31.4
WEST
1216
23.116667
3
478
1
WEST
paratype
1677457998
[519,1179,1193,1218]
WESTERN, CAPE, PROVINCE
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
3
478
ACAT 91
3
3
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
paratype