CYRTAUCHENIIDAE

Ancylotrypa elongata Purcell, 1908: 211 [D]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Kooa, Kalahari, Bechuanaland Protectorate [Bot].

Distribution in WSC: Bot, Nam.

*Actual current distribution: Bot.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Zonstein et al. (2018).

Remarks: The record from Namibia from the Central Kalahari region presented by Griffin & Dippenaar-Schoeman (1991) and included in the WSC probably resulted from the earlier distribution of the species presented in the catalogue of Roewer (1942) as “Kalahari”. During the recent redescription of the species (Zonstein et al. 2018), the type specimen and a second series of specimens from Lotlhake Pan east of Tshane both originate from Botswana. Further, all of the records from the Kalahari included in the papers of Purcell (1908) and Simon (1910) are in the Botswanan part of this desert (Fig. 1). It is therefore possible that the species has not been recorded from Namibia before, at least not in the form of published taxonomic records.

Pelmatorycter namaquensis Purcell, 1908: 209 [D] [= Ancylotrypa namaquensis (Purcell, 1908)]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [RSA].

Distribution in WSC (correct): RSA.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Tucker (1917).

Pelmatorycter schultzei Purcell, 1908: 210 [D] [= Ancylotrypa schultzei (Purcell, 1908)]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Kubub, Great Namaqualand [Nam].

Distribution in WSC (correct): Nam.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Not redescribed.