Strand, 1906b : 26 Newlands 1986 : 64 Lotz, 2012 : 15 Loxosceles spinulosa Newlands, 1975 : 144 Loxosceles pilosa Lotz, 2012 : 27 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  Lotz, 2012 : 15  Lotz, 2012 : 27 6QNWJ Strand, 1906 Strand 1906 [151,542,1194,1221] Arachnida Sicariidae Loxosceles GBIF Animalia Araneae 8 483 Arthropoda species bergeri     Loxosceles bergeri  Strand, 1906b: 26;  Newlands 1986: 64, f. 34–36;  Lotz, 2012: 15.  Loxosceles spinulosa—  Newlands, 1975: 144(misidentified).    Loxosceles pilosa—  Lotz, 2012: 27, f. 9F, 10,F, 15A (2juv.♀ paralectotypes misidentified).   Note.THE STUdY Of ALL THE AvAILAbLE SpEcIMENS fROM THE cOLLEcTIONS LEd TO THE cONcLUSION THAT SpEcIMENS Of  L. bergeriANd  L. pilosaMENTIONEd IN pREvIOUS pUbLIcATIONS ( NEWLANdS 1986, LOTz 2012) WERE MISIdENTIfIEd.  L. pilosaONLY OccUR IN THE MOST SOUTHERN pART Of NAMIbIA ANd IN SOUTH AfRIcA. THE MISIdENTIfIEd 2jUv.♀ pARALEcTOTYpES (dESIGNATEd bY LOTz 2012) fROM NAMIbIA, SHOULd bE  L. bergeriANd NOT  L. pilosa.    Specimensstudied. NAMIBIA: 1♀, AREB, [ 23°32’S, 16°23’E],  4.I.1916, R.W.  TUCKER LEG. (  SAMB2165);  1♂AND 1 IMM.,  HOCHLANDPARK, [NO SPECIFIC COORDINATES],  IV.1999, M. COETzEE LEG. ( SMN44421); 1♂, 5♀ AND 13 IMM., KARAbIb, NOOITGEdAG, [cA. 21°57’S, 16°01’E], 1. IX.1990, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41794), 3.IX.1990– 17.IV.1991(SMN 43440), 2.VII.1993(SMN 43025), 10.VIII. 1995(SMN 43690), 3.IV.1993, J. IRISH LEG., (NMBA 7366); 2♂ AND 2♀, KLEIN WINDHOEK, [22°34’S, 17°06’E], III.1982, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 42682), IV.1988(SMN 40837), 22.XII.1989(SMN 41758), 4.VI.1999(SMN 44387), 14.VI.1990, I. VAN HOLTz LEG. (SMN 41910); 1♀, LICHTENSTEIN NORTH, [22°32’S, 17°03’E], 5.VII.1961, E. RUSCH LEG. (SMN 35152); 1♂, NAMIB DESERT PARK, GOBABEB, [23°34’S, 15°02’E], 29.III.1986, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 4 2540);  2♂, 1♀AND 5 IMM., NAMIB DESERT, 43KM EAST-SOUTEAST OfSWAkOpMUNd, [ 22°49’S, 14°52’E],  7.VI.2013, D. JAcObS & C. DEScHOdT LEG. (AcAT 2014/2120, 2014/2121); 1♂, 2♀, NAMIB DESERT, 48KM EAST-SOUTEAST OF SWAKOPMUND, [22°51’S, 14°59’E], 7.VI.2013, D. JACOBS & C. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2014/2122, 2014/2123);  1♂AND 2 IMM., NAMIB DESERT, 73KM EASTOF  WALVIS BAY, [ 23°07’S, 15°10’E],  12.VI.2013, D. JACOBS & C. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2013/5542); RöSSIN MINE, 2♂ AND 1♀, ARANdIS, 22°22’S, 14°59’E, 3–28.VIII.1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38213), 23.X–19.XI.1984(SMN 38386), 11.III–9.IV.1985(SMN 38705); 2♂, LOWER OSTRICH GORGE, 22°30’S, 14°58’E, 3–30.VII.1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38186), 3–28.VIII.1984(SMN 38250); PANNER GORGE, 22°29’S, 15°01’E, 1♂, 9.IV–8.V.1984, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 37062), 5.VI–3.VII.1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38118); 1♀, 28.VIII–25.IX.1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38291); 1♀, UPPER OSTRICH GORGE, 22°29’S, 14°59’E, 18.XII.1984– 14.I.1985, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38524); 1♂, USAKOS, [21°59’S, 15°35’E], II.1920, R.  TUCKER LEG. (  SAMB5590); 1♀, WINDHOEK, [22°34’S, 17°04’E], 3.V.1972, M.-L. PENRITH LEG. (SMN 35438); 5♂, 3♀ AND 5 IMM., WINDHOEK, ARNHEM CAVE, 22°42’S, 18°07’E, 15.VIII–12.X.1987, J. IRISH & E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41154), 12.X–4.XII.1987, (SMN 41954, 43436), 3.II.2007, T.L. BIRd, et al.LEG. (SMN 46279).  Natural History.COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, NAMA KAROO ANd DESERT, fROM pITfALL TRApS, ANd fROM INSIdE cAvES ANd bUILdINGS.   Distribution. CENTRAL NAMIbIA( FIG. 38). 1677458054 [199,1071,1573,1598] 1916-01-04 AREB Namibia -23.533333 Specimens 1255 16.383333 8 483 1 1 1677458055 [1084,1388,1573,1598] TUCKER, LEG, SAM Namibia SAM 8 483 1 SAM 1677458056 1999-04 IMM, HOCHLAND, PARK, LEG, SMN Namibia HOCHLAND 8 483 1 1 HOCHLAND 1677458058 2013-06-07 IMM, NAMIB, DESERT, LEG Namibia -22.816668 Of 1258 14.866667 8 483 3 1 2 HOCHLAND 1677458043 2013-06-12 IMM, NAMIB, DESERT, EAST, WALVIS, BAY Namibia -23.116667 WALVIS BAY 1257 15.166667 8 483 1 1 1677458065 [927,1242,295,320] TUCKER, LEG, SAM Namibia SAM 9 484 1 SAM