Pehrforsskalia conopyga Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; van Harten 2001
Creators: name: Huber, Bernhard A.
name: Kwapong, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Pehrforsskalia
Pehrforsskalia conopyga

description: <b>14. <i>Pehrforsskalia conopyga</i> Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; van Harten, 2001</b> . Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria (Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; van Harten 2001; Huber 2009); newly recorded for The Gambia and Ghana. New records THE GAMBIA: 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK, Banjul, Abuko Nature Reserve (13°23.5’N, 16°39.0’W), primary gallery forest, 17 Oct. 2008 (Yu.M. Marusik). IVORY COAST: 1 &amp;male; 7 &amp;female;&amp;female; in MRAC (227392 part), Bouaké [7°41’N, 5°02’W], WARDA station, weed management experiment, upland rice, 13 Aug. 1995 (A. Russell-Smith); 5 &amp;male;&amp;male; 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in MRAC (225855), Gagnoa [6°08’N, 5°57’W], upland rice, 10 Apr. 1995 (A. Russell-Smith); 1 &amp;male; 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 5171), Bobayo near Gagnoa [6°01.6’N, 6°01.9’W], in upland rice, 26 Aug. 1992 (A. Russell-Smith); 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; 2 juvs in ZFMK (Ar 5170), “Kroutla” nr. Oumé [~ 6°23’N, 5°25’W], 26 Aug. 1992 (A. Russell- Smith). GHANA: Eastern Region: 1 &amp;male; 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10485), Atewa Hills, Atewa Atwirebu Reserve (6°13.8’N, 0°33.5’W), 740 m a.s.l., 25 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 136), same data; 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10486), Atewa Hills, Atewa Atwirebu Reserve (6°13.8’N, 0°32.4’W), 500 m a.s.l., degraded forest along road, 24 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;male; 7 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10487), 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). Volta Region: 3 &amp;male;&amp;male; 6 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10488), Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary, Wli waterfall (7°06.2’N, 0°36.0’E), ~ 300 m a.s.l., forest near waterfall, 27 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 163), same data; 5 &amp;male;&amp;male; 4 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10489), Tagbo waterfall (7°00.7’N, 0°34.4’E), ~ 500 m a.s.l., forest near waterfall, 28 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Ashanti Region: 1 &amp;male; 4 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10490), Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary (6°57.3’N, 1°11.1’W), 160 m a.s.l., forest near river, 3 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 132), same data. Brong Ahafo Region: 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10491), Booyem (7°39.9’N, 1°57.4’W), 450 m a.s.l., at large rocks, 4 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;male; 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10492), Kintampo Falls (8°05.3’N, 1°41.9’W), 280 m a.s.l., degraded forest along stream, 5 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber).
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 12, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59, http://zenodo.org/record/1406590
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