Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Bernhard A. Huber Author Philippe Le Gall Author Jacques Francois Mavoungou text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-04-25 81 81 1 46 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf journal article 10.5852/ejt.2014.81 347a4cd6-19e4-4116-9429-0d2796f033b5 2118-9773 830852 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC69F89F-C11B-49B1-8EEE-183286EDA755 Spermophora Hentz, 1841 With currently 25 species, Spermophora is quite diverse in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, but only the widespread S. kyambura Huber & Warui, 2012 has previously been reported from Central Africa ( Huber & Warui 2012 ). Three additional species are here reported from Central Africa ( Fig. 34 ). Of these, S. abibae sp. nov. and S. akwamu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 are very similar to each other and to the West African S. dieke Huber, 2009 . Spermophora awalai sp. nov. appears most similar to a group of East African species (node 5 in Appendix 4 in Huber 2003a ). A further undescribed species seems to occur on São Tomé and Príncipe (of Santo Antonio, 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ deposited in CAS). Females from Cameroon (Mt. Etinde, 1 ♀ in USNM; near Oku , 1 ♀ in pure ethanol in ZFMK, Cam 117) might represent further undescribed species.