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
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475
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
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Loxosceles speluncarum
Simon, 1893
(
FIGS 16
,
35
)
Loxosceles speluncarum
Simon, 1893
: 273
; 1894: 64;
Newlands, 1975
: 146
, f. 6; 1986: 73, f. 46–48;
Lotz, 2012
: 32
.
Specimens studied.
SOUTH AfRIcA:
GAUTENG PROvINcE
,
PRETORIA
,
2♀
ANd 3
IMM
., ApIES RIvER CAvE,
25°47’S
,
28°13’E
,
15.II.2002
, M
. MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2005/359); 1♀, FOUNTAIN CAVES, 25°47’S, 28°12’E,
23.X.2002
, J. MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2004/518); 1♂, GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E,
1.II.1998
, A. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2007/1621); WONdERbOOM CAvE, 25°42’S, 28°12’E,
9.IX.1999
, J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2003/1451).
Natural History.
COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES. SOME SpEcIMENS WERE cOLLEcTEd fROM THE SAME cAvE
AS
L. parramae
.
Distribution.
CAvES IN THE PRETORIA AREA,
SOUTH
AfRIcA
(
FIG. 39
).