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.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-21
4608
3
451
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journal article
26739
10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.3
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GNAPHOSIDAE
Asemesthes albovittatus
Purcell, 1908: 245
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Lüderitz Bay, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Asemesthes aureus
Purcell, 1908: 242
[D] [jun. syn. of
Asemesthes subnubilus
Simon, 1887
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas and Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Remark:
From information in the WSC it is not clear which author synonymized
A. aureus
with
A. subnubilis
, as the most recent taxonomic treatment (Tucker 1923) still treated them as separate species, even though adults of
A. subnubilis
(
type
species of
Asemesthes
Simon, 1887
) have never been described.
Asemesthes decoratus
Purcell, 1908: 243
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
]; possibly including juveniles from Lüderitz Bay, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Dalmas (1921).
Asemesthes flavipes
Purcell, 1908: 244
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Lüderitz Bay and Prince of
Wales
Bay, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Dalmas (1921).
Asemesthes lineatus
Purcell, 1908: 244
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Rooibank, Southern Hereroland and Otjimbingwe, Southern Hereroland [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Dalmas (1921).
Asemesthes pallidus
Purcell, 1908: 243
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Dalmas (1921).
Callilepis frenata
Purcell, 1908: 241
[D] [=
Nomisia frenata
(Purcell, 1908)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas and Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Dalmas (1921).
Callilepis lineatipes
Purcell, 1908: 242
[D] [=
Smionia lineatipes
(Purcell, 1908)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Between Khakhea and Kang, Kalahari,
Bechuanaland
[Bot].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Bot,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Remarks:
Tucker, 1923: 275 erroneously referred to 1♁,
2♀
and juv. specimens from Poortjiesfontein, near Hanover as the
types
(#
14496 in
the Iziko South African Museum). The species was described by Purcell (1908) from a single female specimen from the locality listed above.
Callilepis
sp. [juveniles]: 242 [F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Between Khakhea and Kang, Kalahari,
Bechuanaland
[Bot].
Distribution in WSC:
n/a.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
n/a.
Drassodes sesquidentatus
Purcell, 1908: 235
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas and Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Drassodes
spp.? [juveniles]: 235 [F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kubub, Great Namaqualand and Rooibank, Southern Hereroland [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
n/a.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
n/a.
Melanophora aculeata
Purcell, 1908: 237
[D] [jun. syn. of
Zelotes invidus
(Purcell, 1907)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Possession Island, off the coast of Great Namaqualand [Nam]; Port Nolloth, Namaqualand Division,
Cape
Colony [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
FitzPatrick (2007).
Remarks:
This species was synonymized with
Z. invidus
based on the female; the male described by Purcell (1908) was misidentified and belongs to
Z. fuligineus
(Purcell, 1907)
.
Melanophora corrugata
Purcell, 1907: 239
[F] [=
Zelotes corrugatus
(Purcell, 1907)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Rooibank, Southern Hereroland and “Southern Hereroland” [Nam]; Severelela, Kalahari,
Bechuanaland
Protectorate [Bot].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
SrnA.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
FitzPatrick (2007).
Melanophora flavitarsis
Purcell, 1908: 238
[D] [=
Zelotes flavitarsis
(Purcell, 1908)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
FitzPatrick (2007).
Melanophora procurva
Purcell, 1908: 239
[D] [=
Camillina procurva
(Purcell, 1908)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Platnick & Murphy (1987).
Melanophora pulchripes
Purcell, 1908: 238
[D] [=
Zelotes pulchripes
(Purcell, 1908)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Remark:
This species is misplaced in
Zelotes
Gistl, 1848
, as it lacks a preening comb (FitzPatrick 2007).
Melanophora
spp.? [juveniles]: 239 [F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Southern Hereroland, and Kubub in Great Namaqualand [Nam]; Between Khakhea and Kang, Kalahari [Bot]; Kamaggas in Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC:
n/a.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
n/a.
Scotophaeus relegatus
Purcell, 1907: 235
[F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Lüderitz Bay (Angra Pequena), Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Remark:
Purcell (1908) described the female of the species for the first time.
Setaphis anchoralis
Purcell, 1908: 240
[D] [jun. syn. of
Zelotes scrutatus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Lüderitz Bay (Angra Pequena), Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
Canary Islands, Africa to Central Asia.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
FitzPatrick (2007).
Setaphis bechuanica
Purcell, 1908: 240
[D] [jun. syn. of
Zelotes scrutatus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Between Khakhea and Kang, Kalahari, and Bonche in the Kalahari,
Bechuanaland
[Bot].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
Canary Islands, Africa to Central Asia.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
FitzPatrick (2007).
Setaphis
sp. [juveniles]: 241 [F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Keetmanshoop, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
n/a.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
n/a.
Theuma capensis
Purcell, 1907: 232
[F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Khakhea and Kang in the Kalahari, and from between Severelela and Kooa in the Kalahari,
Bechuanaland
Protectorate [Bot].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Bot,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Theuma fusca
Purcell, 1907: 234
[F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Southern Hereroland and Otjimbingwe [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Theuma maculata
Purcell, 1907: 234
[F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas and Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Theuma pusilla
Purcell, 1908: 232
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
]; Kubub, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Theuma schultzei
Purcell, 1908: 234
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas and Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
]; Lüderitz Bay, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Theuma velox
Purcell, 1908: 233
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kubub, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Theuma
spp.? [juveniles]: 234 [F]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
]; Kubub, Great Namaqualand [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
n/a.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
n/a.
Xerophaeus ahenus
Purcell, 1908: 237
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Xerophaeus aridus
Purcell, 1907: 236
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kubub, Great Namaqualand and
Cape
Cross
, Southern Hereroland [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam,
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Tucker (1923).
Remarks:
The male of
X. aridus
was described for the first time in this paper, but was later found to be mismatched to the female of the species (Tucker 1923). The new name
X. perversus
Purcell, 1923
was later proposed for this male, while Tucker (1923) described the true male of
X. aridus
.
Xerophaeus hottentottus
Purcell, 1908: 236
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Xerophaeus longispina
Purcell, 1908: 235
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Kamaggas and Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand [
RSA
].
Distribution in WSC (correct):
RSA
.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
IDIOPIDAE
Idiops pallidipes
Purcell, 1908: 207
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Southern Hereroland [Nam].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Nam.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.
Idiops striatipes
Purcell, 1908: 206
[D]
Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries:
Sekgoma, Kalahari Desert,
Bechuanaland
Protectorate [Bot].
Distribution in WSC:
RSA
.
*Actual current distribution:
Bot.
Recent taxonomic treatment:
Not redescribed.