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