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
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2014
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1
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73.
Smeringopus pallidus
(Blackwall, 1858)
. Congo D.R. (
Simon 1877
, sub
Pholcus excavatus
; see
Huber 2011b
); Congo R. (
Lawrence 1958; doubtful record, only juveniles
); newly recorded for Cameroon and Gabon.
New records
CAMEROON
:
Adamawa
: ~
5 ♂♂
,
20 ♀♀
, juvs (2 vials) in
MRAC
(
141342, 343
),
Galim
[
7°05.8’N
,
12°28.5’E
],
13-20 Aug. 1971
(
F. Puylaert
)
.
~
8 ♂♂
,
13 ♀♀
, juvs (2 vials) in
MRAC
(
141390, 392
),
Djohong
[
6°50.2’N
,
14°41.6’E
],
1-5 Sep. 1971
(
F. Puylaert
)
.
West Region
:
1 ♂
in
MRAC
(
148377
),
Kounden
[
5°42.2’N
,
10°40.0’E
],
28 Dec. 1975
(
F. Puylaert
)
.
GABON
:
Haut
Ogooué
:
1 ♂
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11927
),
Mouanda
(
1°32.3’S
,
13°12.6’E
),
410 m
a.s.l.,
in building
,
21 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. Huber
)
.
3 ♂♂
,
5 ♀♀
,
1 juv.
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11928
),
Okondja
(
0°39’S
,
13°40.5’E
),
350 m
a.s.l.,
in building
,
17 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
.
Ogooué-Ivindo
:
1 ♂
,
2 ♀♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11929
),
Makokou
(
0°33.9’N
,
12°50.7’E
),
520 m
a.s.l.,
in building
,
15 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
;
1 ♀
,
1 juv.
in pure ethanol, in
ZFMK
(
Gab 218
), same data
.
Figs 33-34.
Known distributions of the genera
Smeringopus
Simon, 1890
and
Spermophora
Hentz, 1841
in Central Africa. For detailed distribution maps of
Smeringopus
species see Huber (2012). Question marks denote uncertain identifications (females from Cameroon; one pair from
Príncipe
Island).
CONGO
D.R.:
Kinshasa
:
1♂
in
MRAC
(
25673
), “
Leopoldville
” [=
Kinshasa
,
4°20’S
,
15°19’E
],
Jul. 1945
(
Bureau
)
;
2♀♀
,
1 juv.
in
MRAC
(
59225-30
), same locality,
Feb. 1947
(
E. Dartevelle
).
1♀
in
MRAC
(
26834
),
Matadi
[
5°49.3’S
,
13°28.0’E
],
Feb. 1937
(
E. Dartevelle
)
.