A survey of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Ascension Island with description of a new species of Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 Author Sherwood, Danniella https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-9529 Arachnology Research Association, London, UK & Fundacion Ariguanabo, San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba & IUCN SSC, Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Salisbury, UK danni.sherwood@hotmail.com Author Marusik, Yuri M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-5148 Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, Russia & Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia & Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Author Sharp, Adam https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8484-4536 IUCN SSC, Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Salisbury, UK & Conservation & Fisheries Directorate, Ascension Island Government, Georgetown, Ascension Island, UK Author Ashmole, Philip Kidston Mill, Peebles, Scotland, UK text African Invertebrates 2023 2023-11-15 64 3 291 302 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.113946 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.113946 2305-2562-3-291 DDA2967E348B41F98B234E237A584916 F463977101F15247B2F15B62A27D9D43 Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1842) Urozelotes rusticus : Platnick and Murphy 1984 : 24, figs 55-58 (♂♀). Zelotes rusticus : Grimm 1985 : 221, figs 217b, 218b, 244, 272-273 (♂♀). Other citations. For complete list of taxonomic references, see WSC (2023) . Material examined. Ascension Island • 1♀ Lady Hill ; -7.95, -14.37; pitfall trap baited with meat; 3rd March 2022 ; A. Sharp leg.; ASC F17 3 PFM • 1♂ Cricket Valley ; -7.95, -14.34; pitfall trap ; 24th March 2022 ; A. Sharp leg.; ASC K17 3 PFU • 1♀ North of Cocoanut Bay ; -7.97, -14.34; pitfall trap baited with jam; 14th January 2022 ; A. Sharp leg.; ASC K19 3 PFJ • 1♂ Lower Valley Crater ; -7.92, -14.34; subterranean pipe trap baited with blue cheese; 29th March 2023 ; A Sharp leg.; ASC LVC PTC • 1♂ , 1♀ ; Boatswain Bird Island ; -7.936 , -14.307 ; hand collected; P. Ashmole and M. Ashmole leg.; ASC 1161 • 1♂ Ascension Island ; -7.94, -14.37; collected between August-November 1957; E. A. Duffey leg.; No. 25; NHMUK . Remarks. Invasive. Originally described from Tirol in Central Europe, but now known from all continents ( WSC 2023 ). First recorded from Ascension Island by Duffey (1964) as Zelotes rusticus . Recent specimens confirm it is still to be found on the main island.