An update on the spider genus Hexophthalma (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with descriptions of new species Author Lotz, Leon N. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2018 2018-04-10 424 1 18 journal article 30007 10.5852/ejt.2018.424 eb57c406-2497-4874-973d-fadf11c1e9ba 1255328 2A452A63-0B25-4110-B9E1-61A69CD0E7FB Hexophthalma damarensis ( Lawrence, 1928 ) Figs 9 , 19 , 25 Sicarius damarensis Lawrence, 1928 : 221 . Sicarius damarensis Newlands 1986 : 47 . — Lotz 2012 : 4 . Hexophthalma damarensis Magalhaes et al. 2017 : 852 . Diagnosis Female inner spermathecae unique, with short, bulbous, finger-like sacs that branch off the copulatory tube part, without reduced outer spermathecae ( Fig. 9 ). Male embolus ending in a thin, pointed apex; thicker basal part of embolus with a hump on one side, slightly basal from median ( Fig. 19 ); this is similar to in H. goanikontesensis sp. nov. except that the thinner apical part lacks a basal embolus keel and the hump on the side of the thicker part is more basal. Material examined Holotype NAMIBIA : , Outjo [ 20°07′ S , 16°09′ E ] ( SAMC 7057 ). Other material NAMIBIA : 1 ♂ , Helio , 19°03′ S , 16°29′ E , 14 Feb.–23 Mar. 1987 , E. Griffin leg. ( NMNW 40160 ) ; 1 ♀ , 1 imm., same data as for preceding but 8 Aug. 1987 27 Mar. 1988 ( NMNW 40986 ) ; 1 ♂ , same data as for preceding but 27 Mar.–4 May 1988 ( NMNW 41135 ) . Natural history Hexophthalma damarensis have been collected in Savanna biomes using pitfall traps. Distribution Hexophthalma damarensis is distributed in the northern central part of Namibia ( Fig. 25 ).