Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae)
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Bernhard A. Huber
Author
Philippe Le Gall
Author
Jacques Francois Mavoungou
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2014
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13.
Nyikoa limbe
Huber, 2007
. Cameroon (
Huber 2007
,
2009
), Congo D.R. (
Huber 2007
); newly recorded for Gabon and Equatorial Guinea (
Fig. 26
).
New records
CAMEROON
:
Central Region
:
1 ♀
in
USNM
,
6.5 km
SSE of
Yaounde
(
3°48.4’N
,
11°32.4’E
),
Mbalmayo Rd.
,
patch of forest
,
715 m
a.s.l.,
8 Jan. 1992
(
J. Coddington
et al.
)
.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
:
Bioko
:
2 ♂♂
in
CAS
,
Pico Basilé
(
3°41.7’N
,
8°52.3’E
), ca.
700 m
a.s.l.,
at night
,
17 Oct. 1998
(
D.K. Dabney
,
D. Ubick
).
1 ♀
in
CAS
,
3.5 km
N of Luba
(
3°28.9’N
,
8°35.0’E
),
swampy forest
,
13 Oct. 1998
(
M. Boko
et al.
)
.
GABON
:
Ogooué-Ivindo
:
6 ♂♂
,
20 ♀♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11895
),
Monts de
Belinga
,
forest
near
Mayebout
(
1°06.7’N
,
13°06.6’E
),
500 m
a.s.l.,
13-14 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
;
3 ♀♀
in pure ethanol, in
ZFMK
(
Gab 201
), same data
.
1 ♀
in pure ethanol, in
ZFMK
(
Gab 204
),
Monts de
Belinga
(
0°58.7’N
,
13°11.5’E
),
860 m
a.s.l.,
forest with large rocks
,
13 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
.
2 ♂♂
,
7 ♀♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11896
),
near
Djidji
(
0°12.8’N
,
11°49.3’E
),
470 m
a.s.l.,
forest
,
12 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
;
2 ♀♀
in pure ethanol, in
ZFMK
(
Gab 238
), same data
.
2 ♀♀
in
USNM
,
Makokou
, CNRS [
0°30.8’N
,
12°48.2’E
; not 0°04’N, 12°08’E as on label],
Sep.-Nov. 1976
(
A.L. Rypstra
)
.
1 ♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11897
),
near
Mohoba
Mozeye
(
0°16.8’N
,
13°20.9’E
),
510 m
a.s.l.,
forest along road
,
17 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
.
1 ♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11898
),
N
Tébé
(
0°02.3’S
,
13°40.9’E
),
550 m
a.s.l.,
forest along brook
,
17 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
.
Haut
Ogooué
:
3 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
,
1 juv.
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11899
),
forest
at
Lékoni
River
(
1°10.7’S
,
13°32.3’E
),
305 m
a.s.l.,
18 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
.
Ngounié
:
1 ♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11900
),
Massif du
Chaillu
, ‘site 3’, between Mimongo & Yéno
(
1°38.1’S
,
11°32.6’E
),
570-650 m
a.s.l.,
forest
,
26 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
.
2 ♂♂
,
4 ♀♀
in
ZFMK
(
Ar 11901
),
near Moulandoufouala
(
1°38.1’S
,
10°42.5’E
),
110 m
a.s.l.,
forest along road
,
27 Aug. 2011
(
B.A. & S.R. Huber
)
;
1 juv.
in pure ethanol, in
ZFMK
(
Gab 185
), same data
.
Figs 25-26.
Known distributions of the genera
Ninetis
Simon, 1890
and
Pehrforsskalia
Deeleman- Reinhold & van Harten, 2001, and of
Nyikoa
limbe
Huber, 2007
in Central Africa.
CONGO
D.R.:
Bas Congo
: ~
45 ♂♂
,
43 ♀♀
+ juvs (8 vials) in
MRAC
(
parts of 224303-307, 309-311
),
Luki
Forest Reserve
[
5°37.3’S
,
13°05.9’E
],
fogging
in
old secondary rainforest
,
17-25 Sep. 2007
(
D. De Bakker
,
J.P. Michiels
)
;
76 ♂♂
,
47 ♀♀
+ juvs (8 vials) in
MRAC
(
parts of 224312-319
), same data but
fogging
in
primary rainforest
,
26 Sept-4 Oct. 2007
;
7 ♂♂
,
11 ♀♀
(6 vials) in
MRAC
(
222207, 229, 994, 223096 part, 223123, 684
), same locality,
beating
in
old secondary rainforest
,
17-25 Sep. 2007
(
W. Hubau
,
D. De Bakker
,
J.P. Michiels
)
;
12 ♂♂
,
13 ♀♀
,
2 juvs
(9 vials) in
MRAC
(
221533, 222026 part, 222061, 222798, 223635 part, 223587, 223732, 223819, 223831
), same locality,
beating
in
primary rainforest
,
6-11 Nov. 2006
,
26 Sep.-3 Oct. 2007
(
D. De Bakker
,
J.P. Michiels
)
;
1♂
in
MRAC
(
221546
), same locality,
sieving
,
7 Nov. 2006
(
D. De Bakker
,
J.P. Michiels
)
.