Smeringopus cylindrogaster Simon 1907
Creators: name: Huber, Bernhard A.
name: Kwapong, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Smeringopus
Smeringopus cylindrogaster

description: <b>32. <i>Smeringopus cylindrogaster</i> (Simon, 1907)</b> . Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana (Simon 1907; Huber 2009, 2012). New records GUINEA: 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in MRAC (236933), Mt. Nimba, Gouan Forest Centre [7°42’N, 8°24’W], beating trees and shrubs with hanging litter at 1.5-3 m above ground, 1250 m a.s.l., 8 Oct. 2011 (D. Van den Spiegel, A. Henrard). IVORY COAST: 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (230346 part), Taï Forest, Centre de Recherche Ecologique (CRE) [5°50’N, 7°21’W], beating in forest near Chimpanzee Camp, 22 Feb. 2010 (R. Jocqué, M. Diarassouba); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (230146 part), same locality, at foot of trees, by hand, 22 Feb. 2010 (R. Jocqué); 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in MRAC (230281), same data but forest near river, 22 Feb. 2010 (R. Jocqué, M. Diarassouba); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (230244), same locality, forest E of camp, “layon Gérard”, inundated forest, sieved litter, 20 Feb. 2010 (R. Jocqué, L. Oulaï); 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in MRAC (230296), same locality, forest across river, forest on clayey soil, beating, 20 Feb. 2010 (R. Jocqué, M. Diarassouba); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (233643), Taï Forest, beating, 1 Sep. 2010 (D. Van den Spiegel, A. Kablan); 2 juvs in MRAC (230360 part), Adiopo Doumé [5°20’N, 4°20’W], Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique (CSRS), small dry forest, sieving litter, 26 Feb. 2010 (D. van den Spiegel, R. Jocqué). GHANA: Central Region: 1 &amp;female; in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 149), Kakum National Park (5°20.9’N, 1°23.0’W), 160 m a.s.l., forest near entrance, day collecting, 19 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in MRAC (217296 part), Kakum Forest, beating in secondary forest, 23 Nov. 2005 (R. Jocqué, D. de Bakker, L. Baert). Eastern Region: 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10505), Atewa Hills, Atewa Atwirebu Reserve (6°13.8’N, 0°33.5’W), 740 m a.s.l., 25 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10506), near Mpraeso (6°34.1’N, 0°43.9’W), 370 m a.s.l., degraded forest near road, 10 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Western Region: 1 &amp;male; in ZFMK (Ar 10507), Ankasa National Park (5°13.0’N, 2°39.1’W), 180 m a.s.l., forest near entrance, day collecting, 22 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 3 &amp;male;&amp;male; 5 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. (2 vials) in ZFMK (Ar 10508- 09), same data but night collecting; 1 &amp;male; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 157), same data.
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 page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59, http://zenodo.org/record/1406590
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