Nyikoa limbe Huber, 2007

Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall & Jacques Francois Mavoungou, 2014, Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81), pp. 1-46 : 9-10

13. Nyikoa limbe Huber, 2007 . Cameroon ( Huber 2007, 2009), Congo D.R. ( Huber 2007); newly recorded for Gabon and Equatorial Guinea ( Fig. 26 ).

New records

CAMEROON: Central Region: 1 ♀ in USNM, 6.5 km SSE of Yaounde (3°48.4’N, 11°32.4’E), Mbalmayo Rd. , patch of forest, 715 m a.s.l., 8 Jan. 1992 (J. Coddington et al.) .

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Bioko: 2 ♂♂ in CAS, Pico Basilé (3°41.7’N, 8°52.3’E), ca. 700 m a.s.l., at night, 17 Oct. 1998 (D.K. Dabney, D. Ubick). 1 ♀ in CAS, 3.5 km N of Luba (3°28.9’N, 8°35.0’E), swampy forest, 13 Oct. 1998 (M. Boko et al.) .

GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 6 ♂♂, 20 ♀♀ in ZFMK ( Ar 11895 ), Monts de Belinga , forest near Mayebout (1°06.7’N, 13°06.6’E), 500 m a.s.l., 13-14 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) ; 3 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Gab 201 ), same data . 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Gab 204 ), Monts de Belinga (0°58.7’N, 13°11.5’E), 860 m a.s.l., forest with large rocks, 13 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) . 2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ in ZFMK ( Ar 11896 ), near Djidji (0°12.8’N, 11°49.3’E), 470 m a.s.l., forest, 12 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) ; 2 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Gab 238 ), same data . 2 ♀♀ in USNM, Makokou, CNRS [0°30.8’N, 12°48.2’E; not 0°04’N, 12°08’E as on label], Sep.-Nov. 1976 (A.L. Rypstra) . 1 ♀ in ZFMK ( Ar 11897 ), near Mohoba Mozeye (0°16.8’N, 13°20.9’E), 510 m a.s.l., forest along road, 17 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) . 1 ♀ in ZFMK ( Ar 11898 ), N Tébé (0°02.3’S, 13°40.9’E), 550 m a.s.l., forest along brook, 17 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) . Haut Ogooué : 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 juv. in ZFMK ( Ar 11899 ), forest at Lékoni River (1°10.7’S, 13°32.3’E), 305 m a.s.l., 18 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) . Ngounié: 1 ♀ in ZFMK ( Ar 11900 ), Massif du Chaillu , ‘site 3’, between Mimongo & Yéno (1°38.1’S, 11°32.6’E), 570-650 m a.s.l., forest, 26 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) . 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in ZFMK ( Ar 11901 ), near Moulandoufouala (1°38.1’S, 10°42.5’E), 110 m a.s.l., forest along road, 27 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) ; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Gab 185 ), same data .

CONGO D.R.: Bas Congo: ~ 45 ♂♂, 43 ♀♀ + juvs (8 vials) in MRAC ( parts of 224303-307, 309-311 ), Luki Forest Reserve [5°37.3’S, 13°05.9’E], fogging in old secondary rainforest, 17-25 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J.P. Michiels) ; 76 ♂♂, 47 ♀♀ + juvs (8 vials) in MRAC ( parts of 224312-319 ), same data but fogging in primary rainforest, 26 Sept-4 Oct. 2007 ; 7 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀ (6 vials) in MRAC ( 222207, 229, 994, 223096 part, 223123, 684 ), same locality, beating in old secondary rainforest, 17-25 Sep. 2007 (W. Hubau, D. De Bakker, J.P. Michiels) ; 12 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, 2 juvs (9 vials) in MRAC ( 221533, 222026 part, 222061, 222798, 223635 part, 223587, 223732, 223819, 223831 ), same locality, beating in primary rainforest, 6-11 Nov. 2006, 26 Sep.-3 Oct. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J.P. Michiels) ; 1♂ in MRAC ( 221546 ), same locality, sieving, 7 Nov. 2006 (D. De Bakker, J.P. Michiels) .

Figures

Figs 25 - 26. Known distributions of the genera Ninetis Simon, 1890 and Pehrforsskalia Deeleman- Reinhold & van Harten, 2001, and of Nyikoa limbe Huber, 2007 in Central Africa.