West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Author
Huber, Bernhard A.
Author
Kwapong, Peter
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2013
2013-10-18
59
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44
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2013.59
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33.
Smeringopus pallidus
(Blackwall, 1858)
. Guinea, Ivory Coast (
Millot 1941
); newly recorded for Senegal, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana.
New records
SENEGAL
:
1 ♂
in
MRAC
(
161825
),
Dakar
[
14°46’N
,
17°15’W
],
in house
,
14 Nov. 1983
(
E. Tybaert
)
;
4 ♂♂
4 ♀♀
(4 vials) in
AMNH
, same locality,
May-Jul. 1945
, no further data
.
THE GAMBIA
:
4 ♂♂
15 ♀♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 5242
),
Bijilo Forest Park
(
13°26.3’N
,
16°43.5’W
),
coastal forest
,
22 Oct. 2008
(
Yu.M. Marusik
)
;
1 ♂
5 ♀♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 5244
), same data,
litter, mostly under palms
;
1 ♂
1 juv.
in
CAS
,
Baccau
[
13°29’N
,
16°40’W
],
22 Oct. 1981
(
W. Settle
)
;
2 ♂♂
3 ♀♀
in
SMF
, same locality,
in building
, no date (
J. Wunderlich
)
.
GUINEA
:
1 ♂
3 ♀♀
(2 vials) in pure ethanol, in
ZFMK
(
Gui 84, 102
),
Conakry
,
in building
(
9°34.1’N
,
13°39.7’W
),
40 m
a.s.l.,
18 Nov. 2008
(
B.A. Huber
)
.
Moyenne-Guinée
:
1 ♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 10510
),
Dalaba
(
10°41.4’N
,
12°15.7’W
),
in building
,
1260 m
a.s.l.,
22 Nov. 2008
(
B.A. Huber
)
.
Moyenne- Guinée
:
2 ♂♂
6 ♀♀
in pure ethanol, in
ZFMK
(
Gui 85
),
Doucki
,
in and at buildings
(
10°59.1’N
,
12°36.0’W
),
1050 m
a.s.l.,
23 Nov. 2008
(
B.A. Huber
)
.
Basse-Guinée
:
1 ♂
1 juv.
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 10511
),
Kindia
,
in building
(
10°03’N
,
12°51’W
),
400 m
a.s.l.,
20 Nov. 2008
(
B.A. Huber
)
.
SIERRA LEONE
:
10 ♂♂
6 ♀♀
+ juvs (3 vials) in
MRAC
(
148460 part, 159113, 159145 part
),
Freetown
,
Mount Aureol
[
8°28.7’N
,
13°13.3’W
],
Sep. 1976
-
Jun. 1977
(
D. Olu-Pitt
)
;
5 ♂♂
9 ♀♀
(4 vials) in
MRAC
(
146506, 148525, 530, 542
),
Freetown
,
Dec. 1974
-
Jan. 1977
(
D. Olu-Pitt
)
.
Figs 33-34.
Known distributions of the genera
Smeringopus
Simon, 1890
and
Spermophora
Hentz, 1841
in West Africa.
IVORY COAST
:
1 ♂
3 ♀♀
3 juvs
(3 vials) in
MRAC
(
131436-438
),
Toulépleu
[
6°35’N
,
8°25’W
],
28 Jul. 1966
(
W. Verheyen
,
D. Thys van den Audenaerde
)
.
GHANA
:
Ashanti Region
:
1 juv.
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 10512
),
Kumawu
(
6°54.3’N
,
1°15.4’W
),
380 m
a.s.l.,
in building
,
3 Mar. 2013
(
B.A. Huber
)
.
Greater Accra Region
:
1 ♂
in
MRAC
(
142403)
,
Legon
[
5°39’N
,
0°10’W
],
14 Mar. 1972
(
J. Edmunds
)
.
Eastern Region
:
1 ♀
in
MRAC
(
127252
),
Akosombo
[
6°16’N
,
0°03’E
],
12 Jul. 1964
(
G. Marlier
)
.