An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species Author Lotz, L. N. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-02 4341 4 475 494 journal article 31653 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2 7cf1fed4-397f-4cdc-8720-5fdf220ebf63 1175-5326 1040541 723F3227-A214-43F8-B598-CD7DFDB8B48B Loxosceles bergeri Strand, 1906 ( FIGS 1 , 19 ) Loxosceles bergeri Strand, 1906b : 26 ; Newlands 1986 : 64 , f. 34–36; Lotz, 2012 : 15 . Loxosceles spinulosa Newlands, 1975 : 144 (misidentified). Loxosceles pilosa Lotz, 2012 : 27 , f. 9F, 10,F, 15A (2juv.♀ paralectotypes misidentified). Note. THE STUdY Of ALL THE AvAILAbLE SpEcIMENS fROM THE cOLLEcTIONS LEd TO THE cONcLUSION THAT SpEcIMENS Of L. bergeri ANd L. pilosa MENTIONEd IN pREvIOUS pUbLIcATIONS ( NEWLANdS 1986 , LOTz 2012 ) WERE MISIdENTIfIEd. L. pilosa ONLY OccUR IN THE MOST SOUTHERN pART Of NAMIbIA ANd IN SOUTH AfRIcA. THE MISIdENTIfIEd 2jUv.♀ pARALEcTOTYpES (dESIGNATEd bY LOTz 2012 ) fROM NAMIbIA, SHOULd bE L. bergeri ANd NOT L. pilosa . Specimens studied. NAMIBIA : 1♀ , AREB , [ 23°32’S , 16°23’E ], 4.I.1916 , R.W . TUCKER LEG . ( SAM B2165) ; 1♂ AND 1 IMM ., HOCHLAND PARK , [NO SPECIFIC COORDINATES], IV.1999 , M. COETzEE LEG . ( SMN 44421) ; 1♂, 5♀ AND 13 IMM., KARAbIb, NOOITGEdAG, [cA. 21°57’S, 16°01’E], 1. IX.1 990, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41794), 3.IX.199017.IV.1991 (SMN 43440), 2.VII.1993 (SMN 43025), 10.VIII. 1995 (SMN 43690), 3.IV.1993 , J. IRISH LEG., (NMBA 7366); 2♂ AND 2♀, KLEIN WINDHOEK, [22°34’S, 17°06’E], III.1982 , E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 42682), IV.1988 (SMN 40837), 22.XII.1989 (SMN 41758), 4.VI.1999 (SMN 44387), 14.VI.1990 , I. VAN HOLTz LEG. (SMN 41910); 1♀, LICHTENSTEIN NORTH, [22°32’S, 17°03’E], 5.VII.1961 , E. RUSCH LEG. (SMN 35152); 1♂, NAMIB DESERT PARK, GOBABEB, [23°34’S, 15°02’E], 29.III.1986 , E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 4 2540); 2♂ , 1♀ AND 5 IMM ., NAMIB DESERT , 43KM EAST-SOUTEAST Of SWAkOpMUNd, [ 22°49’S , 14°52’E ], 7.VI.2013 , D. JAcObS & C. DEScHOdT LEG . (AcAT 2014/2120, 2014/2121) ; 1♂, 2♀, NAMIB DESERT, 48KM EAST-SOUTEAST OF SWAKOPMUND, [22°51’S, 14°59’E], 7.VI.2013 , D. JACOBS & C. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2014/2122, 2014/2123); 1♂ AND 2 IMM ., NAMIB DESERT , 73KM EAST OF WALVIS BAY , [ 23°07’S , 15°10’E ], 12.VI.2013 , D. JACOBS & C . DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2013/5542); RöSSIN MINE, 2♂ AND 1♀, ARANdIS, 22°22’S, 14°59’E, 3–28.VIII.1984 , J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38213), 23.X–19.XI.1984 (SMN 38386), 11.III–9.IV.1985 (SMN 38705); 2♂, LOWER OSTRICH GORGE, 22°30’S, 14°58’E, 3–30.VII.1984 , J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38186), 3–28.VIII.1984 (SMN 38250); PANNER GORGE, 22°29’S, 15°01’E, 1♂, 9.IV–8.V.1984 , E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 37062), 5.VI–3.VII.1984 , J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38118); 1♀, 28.VIII–25.IX.1984 , J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38291); 1♀, UPPER OSTRICH GORGE, 22°29’S, 14°59’E, 18.XII.198414.I.1985 , J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38524); 1♂, USAKOS, [21°59’S, 15°35’E], II.1920 , R. TUCKER LEG . ( SAM B5590) ; 1♀, WINDHOEK, [22°34’S, 17°04’E], 3.V.1972 , M.-L. PENRITH LEG. (SMN 35438); 5♂, 3♀ AND 5 IMM., WINDHOEK, ARNHEM CAVE, 22°42’S, 18°07’E, 15.VIII–12.X.1987 , J. IRISH & E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41154), 12.X–4.XII.1987 , (SMN 41954, 43436), 3.II.2007 , T.L. BIRd, et al. LEG. (SMN 46279). Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, NAMA KAROO ANd DESERT, fROM pITfALL TRApS, ANd fROM INSIdE cAvES ANd bUILdINGS. Distribution. CENTRAL NAMIbIA ( FIG. 38 ).