Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region
Author
Lotz, L. N.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-10-19
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journal article
1175-5326
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Loxosceles fontainei
Millot, 1941
(
Figs. 9B
,
11B
)
Loxosceles fontainei
Millot, 1941: 36
, f. 13A–B.
Types:
3♀
,
1♂
and
3juv.
syntypes
from
Gunea
:
Macenta
, [ca. 0830'N, 0930'W],
J. Millot
,
July 1937
[
MNHN
] [examined in part, see note]
.
Note: Male
syntype
pecimen from
MNHN
(
AR1322
) were received for examination. The females and immature specimens mentioned in the type description were not included
.
Diagnosis: Male palp tibia long, cymbium short, similar to
L. foutadjalloni
,
L. rufescens
,
L. rufipes
and
L. vonwredei
; differing from
L. foutadjalloni
in the palp bulb being about a third of tibia length and from
L. rufescens
in the palp tibia length/height ratio being more than 2.0; differs from
L. rufipes
in the femur/cymbium ratio being less than 4.5, but this is not a very clear distinction and the two species could be synonymous as mentioned below; differing from
L. vonwredei
in the palp tibia length/height ratio being less than 2.5 (
Fig. 9B
). Female spermathecae not seen, but could be similar to that of
L. rufipes
, with which it may be synonymous according to
Duncan et al. (2010)
.
Female
: (from
type
description): TL = 7.9; CL = 3.1; CW = 2.8.
Leg measurements:
| I II |
III |
IV |
Palp |
| Femur |
4.2? |
? |
4.2 |
? |
| Patella+Tibia |
4.9? |
? |
4.8 |
? |
| Metatarsus+Tarsus |
5.5? |
? |
5.8 |
– |
| Total |
14.6? |
? |
14.8 |
? |
|
Male
: (MNHN AR 1322): TL = 5.0; CL = 2.5; CW = 2.2; CLL = 0.25. AME-LE 0.2; Eye diameter 0.15. Leg measurements:
|
| I II |
III |
IV |
Palp |
| Femur |
4.7 5.0 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
1.7 |
| Patella |
0.9 1.0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
| Tibia |
5.1 5.5 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
| Metatarsus |
5.5 6.3 |
5.0 |
5.7 |
– |
| Tarsus |
1.3 1.4 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
| Total |
17.5 19.2 |
15.0 |
17.0 |
3.8 |
Distribution:
Loxosceles fontainei
is known from
Guinea
(
Fig. 11B
).