Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region
Author
Lotz, L. N.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-10-19
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41
journal article
1175-5326
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Sicarius spatulatus
Pocock, 1900
(
Figs. 2D
,
3D
,
4E
,
7A
)
Sicarius spatulatus
Pocock, 1900: 321
;
Newlands 1986: 56
, f. 27–29.
Types:
♂
Lectotype
(here designated) and
1♀
allolectotype
(here designated) from
South Africa
:
Port Elizabeth
, [3358'S, 2538'E],
H.A. Spencer
&
Dr. Broom
[probably in the
BMNH
collection] [not seen].
Note: Specimens from an area close to the
type
locality were examined and found to correspond to the
type
description and the redescription given by
Newlands (1986)
.This species might be the new genus from
South Africa
mentioned by
Lehtinen (1986)
.
Diagnosis: Leg femora in both sexes with scoop shaped enlarged setae dorsal (
Fig. 2D
) differing from the setae of all the other species. Male embolus ending in a broad, blunt apex (
Fig. 3D
), the embolus of all the other species have thin sharp apexes. Female copulatory tubes consist of a broad chamber, extending posterior in numerous tubes, each ending in one or more spermathecal vesicles (
Fig. 4E
), differing from all the other species where the spermathecae are finger-like sacs.
FIGURE 7A–B.
Sicarius
distribution maps:
S. spatulatus
(A);
S. testaceus
(B).
Female
: (AMSA 2525): TL = 8.0; CL = 3.2; CW = 3.3; CLL = 0.6. AME-LE 0.3; Longest eye diameter 0.15.
Leg measurements:
| I |
II |
III |
IV |
Palp |
| Femur |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
| Patella |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
| Tibia |
2.5 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
| Metatarsus |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
– |
| Tarsus |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
| Total |
9.6 |
9.5 |
8.3 |
9.1 |
2.7 |
|
Male
: (AMSA 2525): TL = 8.0; CL = 3.7; CW = 3.9; CLL = 0.6. AME-LE 0.4; Longest eye diameter 0.15. Leg measurements:
|
| I |
II |
III |
IV |
Palp |
| Femur |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
0.9 |
| Patella |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
| Tibia |
3.6 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
0.8 |
| Metatarsus |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
– |
| Tarsus |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
| Total |
12.8 |
12.4 |
10.5 |
11.2 |
3.0 |
Distribution:
Sicarius spatulatus
is distributed along the southern coastal areas of
South Africa
(
Fig. 7A
).