A revision of the spider genus Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae) in the Afrotropical Region. I. Continental species
Author
Haddad, Charles R.
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.
Author
Jin, Chi
School of Landscape and Ecological Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Hebei 056038, P. R. China.
Author
Platnick, Norman I.
0000-0003-4868-7529
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 th Street, New York, NY 10024, U. S. A. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4868 - 7529
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Orthobula
sp.
indet.
Remarks.
Prior to the untimely passing of the third author, he sent the first author a comprehensive list of material that he had examined and identified, mainly originating from MRAC and CAS. We were able to confirm most of the records, as initial morphospecies photo plates sent to him to aid identification corresponded to the geographical limitations seen amongst other material examined by the first author, e.g.
O. calceata
in West Africa versus
O. radiata
in southern Africa and
O. milloti
in western
Kenya
. However, some specimens from Central Africa fall into a potential convergence zone between these three species (Fig. 102), and we thought it risky to try and attribute them to either of these three species at this point. We include them here as undetermined specimens to record the occurrence of the genus in these four countries, but these specimens should be reexamined when they are available again to clarify their identification and provide new distribution data for the particular species.
Material examined. D.R.
CONGO
:
Cataractes
: Lukango
region,
Lubero–Butembo
,
Kasumbira Forest
,
00°01’S
,
29°15’E
,
2150 m
a.s.l.
,
XII.1974
–
I.1975
, leg.
M. Lejeune
(moss, litter under ferns),
4♂
2♀
(
MRAC 168018
,
168144
,
168178
,
168193
)
.
North Kivu
:
Butembo
,
00°09’N
,
29°17’E
,
1740 m
a.s.l.
,
III.1965
, leg.
R. Celis
,
1♀
(
MRAC 128346
)
;
Makayoba
camp,
Semliki River
,
00°44’S
,
29°43’E
,
12.VII.1968
, leg.
R. Lejeune
,
3♀
(
MRAC 135741
)
;
“Vallée de la Moyenne”,
Semliki River
,
00°44’S
,
29°43’E
,
9.VIII.1968
, leg.
R. Lejeune
,
1♀
(
MRAC 135578
)
;
Visiki
, NW
Butembo
,
00°12’N
,
29°15’E
,
1100 m
a.s.l.
,
VI.1974
, leg.
M. Lejeune
,
2♀
(
MRAC 155599
)
;
Same
locality,
Visiki Forest
,
22.XII.1971
, leg.
M. Lejeune
,
1♂
(
MRAC 140796
)
;
Same
locality,
Visiki Forest
,
00°12’S
,
29°15’E
,
27.XII.1971
, leg.
R. Lejeune
,
1♀
(
MRAC 140822
)
.
MALAWI
:
Northern
:
Nkhata Bay
,
Mount Nkwadzi
, N
Chintheche
,
11°41’S
,
34°15’E
,
10.I.1976
, leg.
R. Jocqué
,
1♀
(
MRAC 148075
)
;
Nyika Plateau
,
Chitipa
,
Chisanga Falls
,
10°40’S
,
33°50’E
,
2200 m
a.s.l.
,
9.XII.1981
, leg.
R. Jocqué
(
Brachystegia
woods),
1♀
(
MRAC 156111
)
;
Nyika Plateau
,
Kaperekezi
entrance gate,
Western Escarpment
road,
10°31’S
,
33°39’E
,
1450 m
a.s.l.
,
8.XII.1981
, leg.
R. Jocqué
(
Brachystegia
litter),
1♀
(
MRAC 156057
)
;
Nyika Plateau
,
Western Escarpment
road,
10°18’S
,
33°30’E
,
1650 m
a.s.l.
,
8.XII.1981
, leg.
R. Jocqué
(under stones in
Brachystegia
woods),
1♀
(
MRAC 155695
)
.
RWANDA
:
Eastern
:
Akagera National Park
, highway 34,
7 km
toward highway 32,
01°40’S
,
30°35’E
,
16.XI–2.XII.1985
, leg.
R. Jocqué
,
Nsengimana
&
Michiels
(
pitfall
),
1♂
(
MRAC 165469
)
;
Same
locality,
1 km
N Lake Ihema
fishery,
01°55’S
,
30°45’E
,
16.XI.1985
, leg.
R. Jocqué
,
Nsengimana
&
Michiels
(under dead trunk),
1♂
(
MRAC 164909
)
;
Same
locality,
Lake Ihema
fishery,
01°55’S
,
30°45’E
,
7.XII.1985
, leg.
R. Jocqué
,
Nsengimana
&
Michiels
,
1♀
(
MRAC 164803
)
;
Same
locality,
Lake Kivumba
,
01°43’S
,
30°45’E
,
15.XI–4.XII.1985
, leg.
R. Jocqué
,
Nsengimana
&
Michiels
(savanna),
1♀
(
MRAC 165648
)
;
Kibungo
,
02°09’S
,
30°32’E
,
28.XI.1985
, leg. R. Jocqué,
Nsengimana
&
Michiels
(sifted litter, eucalypt plantation),
1♂
(
MRAC 165393
)
.
Southern
:
Butare
,
02°36’S
,
29°44’E
,
6.XI.1985
, leg.
R. Jocqué
,
Nsengimana
&
Michiels
(dense grass tufts),
1♀
(
MRAC 164935
)
.
UGANDA
:
Eastern
:
Busaga District
,
Kamuli
,
Tabu River
marsh,
00°45’N
,
33°30’E
,
II.1967
, leg.
J. Ruabunesa
,
1♀
(
MRAC 131564
)
;
Busaga District
,
Luuka
,
Mt. Kisunyi
,
00°40’N
,
33°18’E
,
II.1967
, leg.
J. Ruabunesa
,
1♀
(
MRAC 131589
)
.
Western
:
Rubirizi
,
Queen Elizabeth National Park
[
00°10’N
,
30°05’E
],
16.IV.1971
, leg.
W. Maher
(grassland),
1♀
(
CNC
)
.