Spermophora Hentz 1841
Creators: name: Huber, Bernhard A.
name: Kwapong, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Spermophora

description: <i>Spermophora</i> Hentz, 1841 <i>Spermophora</i> is diverse in sub-Saharan Africa but relationships among African taxa and between African and Asian taxa remain unclear (Huber 2003b, 2003c, 2005; Dimitrov <i>et al.</i> 2013). Five species are known from West Africa (Fig. 34). Of these, <i>S. tonkoui</i> Huber, 2003 and <i>S. ziama</i> sp. nov. share several derived characters but their relationship to other conspecifics remain dubious (see under <i>S. ziama</i> sp. nov. description below). Another pair of putatively close relatives is <i>S. dieke</i> Huber, 2009 and <i>S. akwamu</i> sp. nov. (see under <i>S. akwamu</i> sp. nov. description below). A very similar undescribed species occurs in Congo DR (in MRAC). Finally, <i>S. kyambura</i> is a widespread Guineo-Congolian species but West African specimens were assigned tentatively (Huber &amp; Warui 2012).
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 19, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59, http://zenodo.org/record/1406590
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