Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893

(FIGS 16, 35)

Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893: 273; 1894: 64; Newlands, 1975: 146, f. 6; 1986: 73, f. 46–48; Lotz, 2012: 32.

Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: GAUTENG PROvINcE, PRETORIA, 2♀ ANd 3 IMM., ApIES RIvER CAvE, 25°47’S, 28°13’E, 15.II.2002, M . MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2005/359); 1♀, FOUNTAIN CAVES, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 23.X.2002, J. MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2004/518); 1♂, GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 1.II.1998, A. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2007/1621); WONdERbOOM CAvE, 25°42’S, 28°12’E, 9.IX.1999, J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2003/1451).

Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES. SOME SpEcIMENS WERE cOLLEcTEd fROM THE SAME cAvE AS L. parramae .

Distribution. CAvES IN THE PRETORIA AREA, SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 39).