An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species
Lotz, L. N.
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-02
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Lotz
2017
[151,463,1255,1281]
Arachnida
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
GBIF
Animalia
Araneae
7
482
Arthropoda
species
makapanensis
Types. ♀ HOLOTYpEfROM SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, MAkApAN VALLEY, FIcUS CAvE, 24°04’S, 29°15’E, W. MARAIS LEG, 11.IV.2006(AcAT 2005/1372). PARATYpE: 1♀fROM SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, MIkE’S CAvE, 24°07’S, 29°14’E, K. dE WET LEG, 4.X.2002(AcAT 2005/1367).
Etymology.THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpELOcALITY.
Diagnosis.FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of TWO SMALL ROUNd SAcS ON SHORT cOpULATORY TUbE THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY ANd MEdIALLY; SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES SITUATEd IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA; THE SpEcIES IS SIMILAR TO L. parramaeIN HAvING THE SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA, bUT dIffER IN HAvING TWO SEpARATE cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE ( FIG. 26).
Description. Female: (N = 2): TL = 5.70 (5.6–5.8); CL = 2.35 (2.1–2.6); CW = 2.10 (1.9–2.3); CLL = 0.33 (0.25–0.4). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.12. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, vERY SHORT, MEdIALLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES ( FIG. 26). LEG fORMULA IV:II:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.5, pATELLA 0.9, TIbIA 5.7, METATARSUS 5.7, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 19.0; II: 5.6, 0.9, 5.6, 5.7, 1.2, 19.0; III: 4.8, 0.9, 4.8, 4.9, 1.0, 16.4; IV: 5.6, 0.9, 5.2, 6.2, 1.2, 19.1. PALp: fEMUR 0.8, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 2.7. Male: UNkNOWN. Natural History.COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM THE dARk zONE IN cAvES.
Distribution. NORTHERN SOUTHAfRIcA( FIG. 40).
1677458013
2006-04-11
MARAIS, LEG
South Africa
-24.066668
LIMpOpO PROvINcE
1253
29.25
7
482
2
1
LIMpOpO PROvINcE
holotype
1677458000
2002-10-04
WET, LEG
South Africa
-24.116667
LIMpOpO PROvINcE
1252
29.233334
7
482
1
1
LIMpOpO PROvINcE
paratype