Sicarius, Walckenaer, 1847

Lotz, L. N., 2012, Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 3522, pp. 1-41 : 3

Key to the Afrotropical species of the genus Sicarius :

1. Enlarged setae dorsal on femora raised on a slight mound and scoop shaped ( Fig. 2D); male embolus with a broad, blunt apex ( Fig. 3D); female spermathecae consist of numerous copulatory tubes, each ending in one or more spermathecal vesicles ( Fig. 4E)........................................................................................ S. spatulatus

– Enlarged setae dorsal on femora not raised on a slight mound and not scoop shaped ( Fig. 2A–C, E); male embolus with a narrow, sharp apex ( Fig. 3A–C, E); female spermathecae consist of finger-like tubes ( Fig. 4A–D, F)...................... 2

2. Enlarged setae dorsal on femora not widened medially ( Fig. 2A); female spermathecae all branching off close to the end of the copulatory duct; copulatory duct with triangular widening lateral near its distal end ( Fig. 4A)............. S. albospinosus

– Enlarged setae dorsal on femora widened medially ( Fig. 2B, C, E); female spermathecae branching off at intervals away from the end of the copulatory duct, if branched; copulatory duct with rounded widening lateral near its distal end, if widened ( Fig. 4B–D, F)............................................................................................ 3

3. Enlarged setae dorsal on femora only slightly widened medially ( Fig. 2C)......................................... 4

– Enlarged setae dorsal on femora noticeably widened medially ( Fig. 2B, E)........................................ 5

4. Female spermathecae branched................................................................. S. damarensis

– Female spermathecae not branched; males unknown........................................... S. dolichocephalus

5. Enlarged setae dorsal on femora narrowly widened medially ( Fig. 2B)...................................... S. hahni

– Enlarged setae dorsal on femora broadly widened medially ( Fig. 2E).................................... S. testaceus