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 text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 81 1 46 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf journal article 31879 10.5852/ejt.2014.81 347a4cd6-19e4-4116-9429-0d2796f033b5 830852 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC69F89F-C11B-49B1-8EEE-183286EDA755 Smeringopus Simon, 1890 Smeringopus is currently the most species-rich African pholcid genus (55 species). It is widespread in Central Africa ( Fig. 33 ), but only seven species are known from the area: the pantropical synanthropic S. pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) , which is common in the area but whose previous records from Central Africa are all dubious; the widespread S. cylindrogaster ( Simon, 1907 ) , which covers at least the western subregions of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest (Upper and Lower Guinea) ( Huber 2012 ), and its close relative S. luki Huber, 2012 ; the widespread S. lesserti Kraus, 1957 , which covers at least the eastern subregions of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest (Lower Guinea and Congolia) ( Huber 2012 ); and the three species of the thomensis group ( S. thomensis Simon, 1907 ; S. mayombe Huber, 2012 ; S. principe Huber, 2012 ), all of which are small scale endemics ( Huber 2012 ).