Sipalolasma humicola ( Benoit, 1965 )

O., Hector M., Tereza, Gonzalez-Filho Maria, Arnaud, Tereza Colpani-Sartori, José, Arnaud Henrard, L., José Paulo, D., Guadanucci Antonio & Brescovit, 2024, Illustrated Catalog of African brush-footed trapdoor spiders: type specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae), Zoosystema 46 (26), pp. 671-695 : 690-693

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scientific name	Sipalolasma humicola ( Benoit, 1965 )
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Sipalolasma humicola ( Benoit, 1965) View in CoL species inquirenda

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Cyclopelma humicola Benoit, 1965: 303 (description ♀).

Sipalolasma humicola View in CoL – Raven 1985: 113.

D, eye tubercle, dorsal view; TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Mozambique • 1♀ juvenile; Provin-

cia SuI do Save, Catuana; [26°50’17.6”S, 32°17’12.1”E]; X.1956; T. Lopez leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.127614.

DISTRIBUTION. — Mozambique.

REMARK

Benoit (1965) initially considered the type as an adult female. Nevertheless, after examining the holotype, we verify that the epigastric furrow is closed, indicating that this specimen is not an adult. Consequently, S. humicola is herein considered as species inquirenda.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Barychelidae
Genus	Sipalolasma