West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Huber, Bernhard A. Author Kwapong, Peter text European Journal of Taxonomy 2013 2013-10-18 59 1 44 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.59 66a4827c-34cd-46a0-aceb-4bbaf4166a65 1406590 F3B32952-A769-4A41-92EB-3EBF52AD7F7F Spermophora Hentz, 1841 Spermophora is diverse in sub-Saharan Africa but relationships among African taxa and between African and Asian taxa remain unclear ( Huber 2003b , 2003c , 2005 ; Dimitrov et al. 2013 ). Five species are known from West Africa ( Fig. 34 ). Of these, S. tonkoui Huber, 2003 and S. ziama sp. nov. share several derived characters but their relationship to other conspecifics remain dubious (see under S. ziama sp. nov. description below). Another pair of putatively close relatives is S. dieke Huber, 2009 and S. akwamu sp. nov. (see under S. akwamu sp. nov. description below). A very similar undescribed species occurs in Congo DR (in MRAC ). Finally, S. kyambura is a widespread Guineo-Congolian species but West African specimens were assigned tentatively ( Huber & Warui 2012 ).