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