Artema Walckenaer, 1837

Huber, Bernhard A. & Kwapong, Peter, 2013, West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 59, pp. 1-44 : 6

Artema Walckenaer, 1837

The natural distribution of Artema ranges from the Sudanian region of West Africa ( Fig. 24 ) to Central Asia. Millot (1941) was the first to record the genus from West Africa, and he noted that most of his material of “ A. mauriciana Walckenaer, 1837 ” (= A. atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 ) did not agree well with previous illustrations of this pantropical species. After comparing numerous West African specimens with A. atlanta from all over the World, we agree on these substantial morphological differences and formally describe the West African species below.

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Figs 23 - 24. Known distributions of the genera Anansus Huber, 2007 and Artema Walckenaer, 1837 in West Africa. Question marks denote uncertain identifications (Anansus ewe: two localities with females only) or impossible identifications [“? (j) ”: juveniles only].