Loxosceles foutadjalloni Millot, 1941

Lotz, L. N., 2012, Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 3522, pp. 1-41 : 17-19

Loxosceles foutadjalloni Millot, 1941

( Fig. 9C, 10B, 12A)

Loxosceles fouta-djalloni Millot, 1941: 32 , f. 12A–D.

Loxosceles foutadjalloni, Duncan et al., 2010: 241 , f. 3.

Types: ♂ Lectotype (here designated) and ♀ allolectotype (here designated), 3♂, 2♀ and 6juv. syntypes from Guinea: Kindia, Tassacoure cave (Fouta-Djallon near Kindia), [ca. 1001'N, 1258'W], J. Millot, July 1937 [ MNHN] [examined in part, see note]. 2♀ and 5juv. syntypes from Guinea: Fouta-Djallon, Segea Santa cave, [ca. 1100'N, 1230'W] [ MNHN] [not seen].

Note: Only the male lectotype and female allolectotype specimens from MNHN ( AR1317 ) were received from the type series and examined .

Diagnosis: Male palp tibia long, cymbium short, similar to L. fontanei , L. rufescens , L. rufipes and L. vonwredei ; differing from L. rufescens in the palp tibia length/hight ratio being more than 2.0 and from L. fontanei and L. rufipes in the palp bulb width being about half tibia length; differing from L. vonwredei in the palp tibia length/height ratio being less than 2.5 ( Fig. 9C). Female spermathecae consist of two, short, round sacs and copulatory tube a broad chamber, with a dark sclerotized strip lateral; differing from all other species in this respect; closest to L. rufescens , but differing from this species in having two spermathecae sacs on each side instead of one ( Fig. 10B).

Female: (MNHN AR 1317): TL = 8.5; CL = 3.9; CW = 3.2; CLL = 0.45. AME-LE 0.2; Eye diameter 0.2.

Leg measurements:

Male: unknown.

Distribution: Loxosceles lacroixi is known from the Ivory Coast ( Fig. 12B).