Crossopriza lyoni Blackwall 1867
Creators: name: Huber, Bernhard A.
name: Kwapong, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Crossopriza
Crossopriza lyoni

description: <b>6. <i>Crossopriza lyoni</i> (Blackwall, 1867)</b> . Mali, Nigeria (Huber <i>et al.</i> 1999); newly recorded for Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, and Niger. New records SENEGAL: Kaolack Prov.: 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 5207), Sonkoron, Kaymor Region [~ 13°47’N, 15°33’W], Jul. 1993 (M. Sarr.). THE GAMBIA: 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 5404), Banjul (13°27.6’N, 16°34.7’W), on wall, 20 Oct. 2008 (Yu.M. Marusik); 1 &amp;male; 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in MRAC (205485), Serekunda [13°26’N, 16°41’W], in grass, 20 Aug. 1996 (G. Beyens). GUINEA: 1 &amp;male; 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in pure ethanol in ZFMK (Gui 103), Conakry, in building (9°34.1’N, 13°39.7’W), 40 m a.s.l., 18 Nov. 2008 (B.A. Huber). Guinée Forestière: 1 &amp;male; in ZFMK (Ar 10454), Nzérékoré (~ 7°45.3’N, 8°49.2’W), 480 m a.s.l., in building, 28 Nov. 2008 (B.A. Huber); 3 &amp;male;&amp;male; 4 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10455), Kissidougou, in building (9°11.2’N, 10°05.6’W), 540 m a.s.l., 26 Nov. 2008 (B.A. Huber); 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gui 90), same data. Basse-Guinée: 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10456), Kindia, in building (10°03’N, 12°51’W), 400 m a.s.l., 20 Nov. 2008 (B.A. Huber). SIERRA LEONE: 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (174657), Makeni [8°53’N, 12°03’W], “maison ”, 19 Jan. 1993 (F. Rensonnet). IVORY COAST: 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. in CAS, Bouaké [7°42’N, 5°02’W], 10 Jan. 1991 (W.J. Pulawski); 1 &amp;female; in SMF, Comoé National Park, Research Station Univ. of Würzburg [~ 9.1°N, 3.7°W], 23 Sep. 2002 (S. Otto); 5 &amp;male;&amp;male; 11 &amp;female;&amp;female; 9 juvs in CAS, Korhogo [9°28’N, 5°38’W], 12 Jan. 1991 (W.J. Pulawski). MALI: 1 &amp;male; in CAS, 10 km E Sévaré (14°30’N, 4°00’W), 15 Jul.-1 Sep. 1977 (W.H. Settle); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (136760), Kogoni, 60 km N Niono [~ 14°50’N, 6°00’W], Dec. 1969 (G. Pierrard); 2 &amp;male;&amp;male; 8 &amp;female;&amp;female; in MRAC (136761, 138808), M’Pesoba [Mpessoba, 12°40’N, 5°43’W], Sep.-Oct. 1969 and Sep. 1970 (G. Pierrard). GHANA: Northern Region: 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10457), Bunkpurugu (10°31.1’N, 0°05.5’E), 230 m a.s.l., in buildings, 7 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 127), same data; 5 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10458), Bunkpurugu (10°31.3’N, 0°05.8’E), 250 m a.s.l., in building, 6 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 2 &amp;male;&amp;male; 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10459), near Bunkpurugu (10°32.0’N, 0°02.2’E), 210 m a.s.l., under concrete bridge, 8 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 142), same data; 1 &amp;male; 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10460), near Bimbaga (10°34.5’N, 0°03.8’W), 330 m a.s.l., under concrete bridge, 8 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;female; 2 juvs in ZFMK (Ar 10461), near Gambaga (10°31.9’N, 0°25.3’W), 350 m a.s.l., under concrete bridge, 8 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;male; in ZFMK (Ar 10462), near Gambaga (10°29.3’N, 0°28.9’W), 300 m a.s.l., under concrete bridge, 8 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10463), Tamale (9°24.4’N, 0°50.4’W), 195 m a.s.l., in building, 5 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Greater Accra Region: 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10464), Accra (5°34.4’N, 0°13.1’W), 15 m a.s.l., in building, 1 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Ashanti Region: 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10465), Kumasi (6°43.4’N, 1°38.1’W), 310 m a.s.l., in building, 4 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Brong-Ahafo Region: 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10466), Techiman (7°34.5’N, 1°57.5’W), 420 m a.s.l., in building, 4 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Eastern Region: 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10467), Suhum (6°02.4’N, 0°27.1’W), 215 m a.s.l., in building, 10 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber). BURKINA FASO: ~ 11 &amp;male;&amp;male; 18 &amp;female;&amp;female; (3 vials) in MRAC (128066, 068-069), Ouagadougou [12°22’N, 1°31’W], Apr.-May 1965 (B. Roman); 1 &amp;male; in MCZ (34049), same locality, “bathroom wall”, 16 Jul. 1977 (Brinckerhoff). BENIN: 4 &amp;male;&amp;male; 7 &amp;female;&amp;female; in MRAC (215041 part), Nikki [9°56’N, 13°12’E], Jul. 2003 (Djaouga); 1 &amp;male; 5 &amp;female;&amp;female; in MRAC (212766 part), Adjohoun [6°42’N, 2°30’E], in house, 23 Dec. 2002 (S. Tchibozo). NIGER: 4 &amp;male;&amp;male; 6 &amp;female;&amp;female; (2 vials) in MCZ (34036-37), “Aoulajouara”, 20 km S Niamey [~ 13°21’N, 2°08’E], on wall of cement house, 17-23 Jul. 1971 (R. Dube); ~ 3 &amp;male;&amp;male; 15 &amp;female;&amp;female; (3 vials) in MRAC (137727, 733, 734), Niamey [13°30’N, 2°07’E], Sep.-Oct. 1970 (E. van Impe). NIGERIA: Osun: 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (174602 part), Ile-Ife, Obafemi Awolowo Univ. campus [7°28’N, 4°34’E], 1991 (H. Segers).
description: Published as part of <i>Huber, Bernhard A. &amp; Kwapong, Peter, 2013, West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), pp. 1-44 in European Journal of Taxonomy 59</i> on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59, http://zenodo.org/record/1406590
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