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
2014-04-25
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Leptopholcus
Simon, 1893
Of the ten species of
Leptopholcus
currently known from mainland Africa (
Huber 2011b
;
Huber & Kwapong 2013
), six occur in Central Africa (
Figs 22-23
). Of these, four are endemic to Central Africa (
L. dschang
Huber, 2011
;
L. obo
Huber, 2011
;
L. debakkeri
Huber, 2011
;
L. gabonicus
sp. nov.
); the fifth [
L. tipula
(
Simon, 1907
)
] occurs throughout the entire Guineo-Congolian rainforest (
Huber 2011b
). The
type
species
L. signifer
Simon, 1893
was described from Central Africa (Cabinda, Angola) but its actual range is dubious (
Huber 2011b
).
4.
Leptopholcus debakkeri
Huber, 2011
. Congo D.R. (
Huber 2011b
).
5.
Leptopholcus dschang
Huber, 2011
. Cameroon (
Huber 2011b
).
6.
Leptopholcus gabonicus
sp. nov.
(see below). Gabon.
7.
Leptopholcus obo
Huber, 2011
. São Tomé and
Príncipe (
Huber 2011b
)
.
Figs 23-24.
Known distributions of
Leptopholcus
tipula
(Simon, 1907)
,
Micropholcus
fauroti
(Simon, 1887)
, and
Modisimus
culicinus
(Simon, 1893)
in Central Africa.
8.
Leptopholcus signifer
Simon, 1893
. Angola (Cabinda) (
Simon 1893
).