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
72NJ3
Lotz, 2017
Lotz
2017
[151,380,151,177]
Arachnida
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
GBIF
Animalia
Araneae
8
483
Arthropoda
species
maraisi
sp. nov.
Types. NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpEfROM ZAIS, 24°01’S, 16°08’E, M. BRIdGEFORd LEG., 30.III.1999( SMN42657). PARATYPES. 1♀ AND 2 IMM., SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE(Ex SMN42657); 2♂, 5♀ AND 5 IMM., MALTAHöHE, NEURAS CAVE, LOcALITY MAp 2416 Ac, 10.VIII.1995, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43688).
Etymology.THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR EUGENE MARAIS, cOLLEcTOR Of MOST Of THE TYpESpEcIMENS.
Diagnosis.FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of THREE TO fOUR SHORT TUbES THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY; dIffER fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THIS RESpEcT ( FIG. 27). MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT, MOST SIMILAR TO L. irishi( FIG. 7); dIffERING fROM L. irishiIN THE pALp TIbIA LENGTH/HIGH RATIO bEING LESS THAN 2.5 ANd THE EMbOLUS bEING AbOUT ASLONG ASbULb WIdTH ( FIG. 8).
Description. Female: (N = 7): TL = 9.84 (9.2–12.0); CL = 3.87 (3.6–4.3); CW = 3.30 (2.7–3.8); CLL = 0.48 (0.45–0.50). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH THREE TO fOUR, SHORT, STUbbY, ANTERIORLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE; SpERMATHEcAE NOT dISTINGUISHAbLE fROM TUbES ( FIG. 27). LEG fORMULA II:IV:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 7.3, pATELLA 1.3, TIbIA 7.5, METATARSUS 7.6, TARSUS 1.4, TOTAL 25.1; II: 7.8, 1.4, 7.7, 8.8, 1.5, 27.2; III: 6.8, 1.3, 5.9, 7.5, 1.3, 22.8; IV: 7.6, 1.4, 6.7, 9.4, 1.5, 26.6. PALp: fEMUR 1.3, pATELLA 0.5, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 1.4, TOTAL 4.2. Male: (N = 2): TL = 6.45 (5.6–7.3); CL = 3.20 (3.0–3.4); CW = 2.85 (2.6–3.1); CLL = 0.38 (0.35–0.40). AME- LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS ASIN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT; TIbIA LENGTH/ HIGH RATIO bEING MORE THAN 2.0, bUT LESS THAN 2.5; EMbOLUS AbOUT ASLONG ASbULb WIdTH ANd SLIGHTLY cURvEd, NARROWING fROM bASE TO ApEx ( FIG. 8). LEG fORMULA II:IV:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 8.1, pATELLA 1.2, TIbIA 8.5, METATARSUS 9.6, TARSUS 1.5, TOTAL 28.9; II: 9.1, 1.2, 10.4, 11.5, 1.5, 33.7; III: 7.2, 1.2, 7.5, 8.8, 1.3, 26.0; IV: 8.1, 1.2, 7.7, 10.7, 1.7, 29.4. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 0.65, TOTAL 3.05. Natural History.COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM cAvES.
Distribution. CENTRAL WESTERN NAMIbIA( FIG. 40).
1677458064
[151,1433,258,283]
1999-03-30
ZAIS, LEG, SMN
Namibia
-24.016666
Types.
1253
16.133333
8
483
2
1
holotype
1677458042
[463,910,294,319]
SAME, DATA, HOLOTYPE, SMN
American Samoa
AS
8
483
1
holotype
1677458063
1995-08-10
NEURAS, CAVE
American Samoa
Ac
8
483
1
holotype