A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
0000-0002-4411-1058
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland helena. wesolowska @ uwr. edu. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4411 - 1058
helena.wesolowska@uwr.edu.pl
Author
Szűts, Tamás
0000-0001-8954-0641
Department of Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Rottenbiller u. 50, Budapest, 1077, Hungary szuts. tamas @ univet. hu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8954 - 0641
szuts.tamas@univet.hu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-13
5052
1
1
41
journal article
4035
10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1
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1175-5326
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Natta horizontalis
Karsch, 1879
Natta horizontalis
Karsch 1879: 362
.
Pochyta moschensis
Caporiacco, 1947: 249
, pl. 2, fig. 76 (D
♀
), syn. n.
For full reference list see
World Spider Catalog (2021)
.
Type material.
Holotype
of
P. moschensis
,
female:
TANZANIA
:
Moshi
[Moschi in German],
3°20’S
37°20’E
,
Ran
stream, leg. VI-VII.1906, leg.
K. Kittenberger
(
HNHM
).
Remarks.
The
holotype
of
Pochyta moschensis
is in good condition. There is no doubt that this specimen has been misidentified, and that in reality it is
Natta horizontalis
,
common species in Africa. The first author knows
N. horizontalis
very well and redescribed it (
Wesołowska 1993
).