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 4 475 494 journal article 31653 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2 7cf1fed4-397f-4cdc-8720-5fdf220ebf63 1175-5326 1040541 723F3227-A214-43F8-B598-CD7DFDB8B48B Loxosceles makapanensis s p. nov. ( FIG. 26 ) Types . ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTH AfRIcA : LIMpOpO PROvINcE , MAkApAN VALLEY, FIcUS CAvE, 24°04’S , 29°15’E , W. MARAIS LEG , 11.IV.2006 (AcAT 2005/1372) . PARATYpE : 1♀ fROM SOUTH AfRIcA : LIMpOpO PROvINcE , MIkE’S CAvE, 24°07’S , 29°14’E , K. dE WET LEG , 4.X.2002 (AcAT 2005/1367). Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY. Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of TWO SMALL ROUNd SAcS ON SHORT cOpULATORY TUbE THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY ANd MEdIALLY; SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES SITUATEd IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA; THE SpEcIES IS SIMILAR TO L. parramae IN HAvING THE SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA, bUT dIffER IN HAvING TWO SEpARATE cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE ( FIG. 26 ). Description. Female : (N = 2): TL = 5.70 (5.6–5.8); CL = 2.35 (2.1–2.6); CW = 2.10 (1.9–2.3); CLL = 0.33 (0.25–0.4). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.12. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, vERY SHORT, MEdIALLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES ( FIG. 26 ). LEG fORMULA IV:II:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.5, pATELLA 0.9, TIbIA 5.7, METATARSUS 5.7, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 19.0; II: 5.6, 0.9, 5.6, 5.7, 1.2, 19.0; III: 4.8, 0.9, 4.8, 4.9, 1.0, 16.4; IV: 5.6, 0.9, 5.2, 6.2, 1.2, 19.1. PALp: fEMUR 0.8, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 2.7. Male : UNkNOWN. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM THE dARk zONE IN cAvES. Distribution. NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA ( FIG. 40 ).