Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904

Lotz, L. N., 2012, Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 3522, pp. 1-41 : 34-37

Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904

( Figs. 9L, 10K, 17A)

Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904: 140 ; Newlands, 1975: 144, f. 2–5, 8, 10–13; 1986: 77, f. 52–54.

Types: ♀ Holotype from South Africa: Swellendam, Pass at Avontuur, near Stormsvlei, [3404'S, 2005'E], W.F. Purcell, August 1900 [SAM-ENW-X007915—examined].

Diagnosis: Male palp cymbium and tibia short, similar to L. bergeri , L. pilosa , L. simillima and L. smithi ; differing from these species and all other species in the embolus ending in a flattened spiral ( Fig. 9L). Female spermathecae consist of two, small, round sacs; two thin copulatory tubes extend from the spermathecae, joined centrally; posterior of paired tubes longer and bent before entering spermathecae; similar in some respects to L parramae , L. simillima and L speluncarum ; differing from L. simillima and L. speluncarum in the copulatory tube being long between the copulatory opening and the split in the copulatory tube; differing from L. parramae in the copulatory tubes being long after the split ( Fig. 10K).

Female: (SAM-ENW-X007915): TL = 5.5; CL = 2.5; CW = 2.2; CLL = 0.3. AME-LE 0.1; Eye diameter 0.1.

Leg measurements:

Male: (SMN 43679): TL = 10.0; CL = 4.7; CW = 4.0; CLL = 0.6. AME-LE 0.3; Longest eye diameter 0.25. Leg measurements:

I II III IV Palp Femur 13.3 15.0 10.7 12.1 2.1 Patella 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.9 0.5 Tibia 13.8 17.6 10.9 11.8 1.5 Metatarsus 16.0 19.9 14.1 17.0 – Tarsus 2.4 2.4 1.9 2.4 0.8 Total 47.4 56.8 39.3 45.2 4.9

Distribution: Loxosceles vonwredei is found in caves in north-central Namibia ( Fig. 17B).