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
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Hexophthalma spatulata
(
Pocock, 1900
)
Figs 16
,
22–23
,
25
Sicarius spatulatus
Pocock, 1900
: 321
.
Sicarius spatulatus
–
Newlands 1986
: 56
. —
Lotz 2012
: 10
.
Hexophthalma spatulata
–
Magalhaes
et al.
2017
: 853
, figs 6A–D, 12C, 14D, 18H, 19D, 20E–F, 22A–E, 23D–F, 31H.
Diagnosis
Leg femora in both sexes with scoop-shaped enlarged dorsal setae (
Fig. 23
), differing from the setae of all other species. Female inner spermathecae consist of a broad chamber, extending anteriorly in numerous tubes, each ending in one or more spherical vesicles (
Fig. 16
), differing from all other species,where the inner spermathecae are finger-like sacs. Male embolus ending in a broad, blunt triangular apex (
Fig. 22
), whereas the embolus of all the other species have thin apices.
Material examined
SOUTH AFRICA
–
Eastern Cape Province
:
5 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
,
2
imm.,
Alicedale
[
33°18′ S
,
26°05′ E
],
Dec. 1914
,
F. Cruden
leg. (
AMSA
);
1 ♀
, same data as for preceding (
AMSA 2525
). –
Western Cape Province
:
1 ♂
,
Borrelfontein
,
8 km
W of Gouritz River mouth
,
34°20′ S
,
21°51′ E
,
4 Mar. 2007
,
H. Leibel
leg. (
PPRI 2008/745
);
1 ♂
, same data as for preceding but
Nov. 2007
–
May 2008
(
PPRI 2009/5601
);
1 ♂
,
Bredasdorp
[
34°32′ S
,
20°03′ E
] (
SAMC B7435
);
4 ♀♀
,
Calidon
[
34°14′ S
,
19°26′ E
] (
SAMC 8348
);
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
2
imm., same data as preceding but
W.F. Purcell
leg. (
SAMC B363
);
1 ♂
,
2 ♀♀
,
1
imm.,
Hermanus
[
34°25′ S
,
19°13′ E
], (
SAMC 11632
,
B8482
);
2 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
,
5
imm.,
Houwhoek
, 3419Aa (
SAMC 8327
);
1 ♂
,
Kammanasie Nature Reserve
,
33°39′ S
,
22°44′ E
,
31 Jul. 2003
,
Reserve Staff
leg. (
PPRI 2010/2403
);
1 ♀
,
Piquetberg
, 3218Dd (
SAMC B8490
);
1 ♀
,
Swellendam
,
Tradows Pass
[
33°58′ S
,
20°42′ E
] (
SAMC B6767
)
.
Natural history
Hexophthalma spatulata
have been collected in a Fynbos biome.
Distribution
Hexophthalma spatulata
is distributed along the southern coastal areas of
South Africa
(
Fig. 25
).
Discussion