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 haddadi sp. nov. ( FIG. 6 ) Type : SOUTH AfRIcA : LIMpOpO PROvINcE , ♂ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTpANSbERG, LAjUMA, 23°02’S , 29°27’E , C. HAddAd LEG ., 6.II.2008 ( NMBA 11612 ) . Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR CHARLES HAddAd, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN. Diagnosis. MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM MORE THAN TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH, MOST SIMILAR TO L. parramae ( FIG. 10 ); dIffERING fROM L. parramae IN THE LENGTHENEd pART Of THE cYMbIUM HAvING AN ANGULAR bENd NEAR THE pALp bULb ANd THE EMbOLUS ApEx bEING STRAIT ( FIG. 6 ). Description. Male : (N = 1): TL = 4.3; CL = 2.1; CW = 1.8; CLL = 0.25. AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM MORE THAN TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH; LENGTHENEd pART Of THE cYMbIUM HAvING AN ANGULAR bENd NEAR THE pALp bULb; cYMbIUM NOT WIdENING SLIGHTLY NEAR THE pALp bULb; EMbOLUS AbOUT TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH, ALMOST STRAIGHT ANd SLIGHTLY WIdENEd AT bASE ( FIG. 6 ). LEG fORMULA I:II:IV:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.8, pATELLA 0.7, TIbIA 6.3, METATARSUS 6.3, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 19.8; II: 5.6, 0.7, 5.9, 6.1, 1.2, 19.5; III: 4.5, 0.7, 4.1, 4.7, 0.9, 14.9; IV: 5.3, 0.7, 5.0, 6.1, 1.2, 18.3. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.35, TIbIA 0.8, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 3.25. Female : UNkNOWN. FIGURES 19–37. Loxosceles species female spermathecae: 19. L. bergeri ; 20. L. cederbergensis s p. nov.; 21. L. dejagerae s p. nov.; 22. L. foutadjalloni ; 23. L. griffinae s p. nov.; 24. L. irishi s p. nov.; 25. L. lacroixi ; 26. L. makapanensis s p. nov.; 27. L. maraisi s p. nov.; 28. L. neuvillei ; 29. L. parramae ; 30. L. pilosa ; 31. L. rufescens ; 32. L. rufipes ; 33. L. simillima ; 34. L. smithi ; 35. L. speluncarum ; 36. L. spinulosa ; and 37. L. vonwredei . Scale bares = 1 mm (scale for some species is unknown). Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM UNdER ROckS. Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY IN NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA ( FIG. 40 ).