Clarifying the taxonomic status and distributions of the spider species collected during the Leonhard Schultze expeditions in western and central southern Africa (Arachnida: Araneae)
Author
Haddad, Charles R.
Author
Marusik, Yuri M.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-21
4608
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451
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journal article
26739
10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.3
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CAPONIIDAE
Caponia capensis
Purcell, 1904: 232
[F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas and Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC:
Mozambique
,
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
RSA
, Nam.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Remarks:
The record of
C. capensis
in Lessert (1936)
, a paper dealing largely with Mozambican spiders, is clearly indicated as being Lüderitzbucht [=Lüderitz] in Afrique Sud-occidentale [=
Namibia
], so the distribution in the WSC is erroneous. Consider- ing the relatively restricted ranges of most
Caponia
Simon,
1890
in
South Africa
(Dippenaar-Schoeman
et al.
2010), even this record from
Namibia
may be a misidentification.
Diploglena
sp. [juveniles]: 232 [F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Port Nolloth, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC:
n/a.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Haddad (2015).
Remark:
These juveniles might belong to either
D. arida
Haddad, 2015
or
D. karooica
Haddad, 2015
, both of which occur in the extreme north-western
Northern Cape
in the vicinity of Port Nolloth (Haddad 2015).