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 parramae Newlands, 1981 ( FIGS 10 , 29 ) Loxosceles parrami Newlands, 1981 : 358 , f. 1–3; 1986: 66, f. 33, 37–39. Loxosceles parramae — Lotz, 2012 : 26 . Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: FREE STATE PROvINcE , 1♀ , BLOEMfONTEIN, DAN PIENAAR, 29°08’S , 26°10’E , 15.XI.2006 , MR . ROBERTSON LEG. (NMBA 10276); 1♂, BRANDFORT, AMANzI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE, 28°35’S, 26°26’E, 7.I.2010 , V. BUTLER LEG. (NMBA 16468); 3♂, 3♀ AND 5 IMM., CLOCOLAN, MPETSANE CONSERVATION ESTATE, 28°48’S, 27°39’E, 8–9.III.2007 , L.N. LOTz LEG., (NMBA 10429, 10 446), C. HAddAd LEG. (NMBA 15267), 1.XI.2013 , A. JONES LEG. (ACAT 2007/1722, 2014/1116); 1♂ AND 1♀, FOURIESBURG, BEGINSEL, OLD MILL MOUNTAIN RESORT, 28°36’S, 28°28’E, 6.III.2006 , L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 10085); 1♀, HARRISMITH, QWA QWA MOUNTAIN, 28°30’S, 28°46’E, 19.IV.1994 , L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 6511); 1♀, HARRISMITH, WILGER PARK, 28°17’S, 29°07’E, IV.2010 , J. VAN AS LEG . ( NMBA 15266 ); 2♂ , REITz, 27°48’S , 28°27’E , VIII.2007 , D . VISSER LEG. (ACAT 2007/4297); 6♂, 1♀ AND 1 IMM., VREdE, 27°26’S, 29°08’E, 18.XII.1991 , T. WESSELS LEG. (AcAT 92/414), 22.I.1992 (AcAT 92/430), 28.II.1992 (AcAT 92/473), 18.XI.1992 (AcAT 93/344), 26.XII.1992 (AcAT 93/976), 21.I.1993 (AcAT 93/1004), 1.XI.1993 (ACAT 95/52), 16.I.1995 (ACAT 95/106); GAUTENG PROVINCE , 1♂ , BENONI, 26°12’S , 28°19’E , 28.III.1987 , L. LERWILL LEG . ( ACAT 89 /56) ; 1♀ AND 6 IMM., GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 2.VII.2000 , A. LEROY LEG. (ACAT 2007/2698); ♂ HOLOTYPE AND 2♂ AND 4♀ PARATYPES, JOHANNESBURG, BELLEVUE, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], S. PARRAM, 1979 (SAIMR); 1♂, JOHANNESBURG, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], 6.IV.1965 , COLLECTOR UNKNOWN (AM H32); 1♀, JOHANNESBURG, ROSEBANK, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], 25.IV.1966 , COLLECTOR UNKNOWN (AM); 1♂, 2♀ AND 1 IMM., PRETORIA, ApIES RIvER CAvE, 25°47’S, 28°13’E, 15.II.2002 , J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2005/1360, 2005/1368). Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM GRASSLANd, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd IN cAvES ANd bUILdINGS. SOME HAvE bEEN fOUNd IN THE SAME cAvE AS L. speluncarum . Distribution. Loxosceles parramae IS fOUNd IN GAUTENG ANd FREE STATE PROvINcES, SOUTH AfRIcA ( FIG. 38 ).