cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Feihyla vittiger Biju & Garg & Gokulakrishnan & Chandrakasan & Thammachoti & Ren & Gopika & Bisht & Hamidy & Shouche 2020
Creators: name: Biju, S. D.
name: Garg, Sonali
name: Gokulakrishnan, G.
name: Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman
name: Thammachoti, Panupong
name: Ren, Jinlong
name: Gopika, C.
name: Bisht, Karan
name: Hamidy, Amir
name: Shouche, Yogesh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Rhacophoridae
Feihyla
Feihyla vittiger

description: Feihyla vittiger group
This group can be distinguished from the Feihyla palpebralis group by the following suite of morphological characters: small to medium-sized adults (SVL 17–27 mm); snout nearly truncate in lateral view; the first two fingers opposable to the others; webbing absent between fingers, except for a rudiment of web between fingers III and IV at the base; foot webbing moderate, extending up to the second subarticular tubercle on either side of toe IV. A prominent and useful character for differentiating Feihyla vittiger group is the unique colouration of its members: upper arm, loreal, canthal and tympanic regions, lateral surfaces of abdomen, and anterior and posterior parts of thigh non-pigmented (flesh coloured); and a narrow white streak that starts from the snout tip and extends along the lateral surfaces of the head from below the eye up to the groin, clearly separating the dorsal and lateral body colouration (Fig. 6). Geographically, this group is currently restricted to the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Java; no reports exist from mainland Asia.
Species included. Feihyla inexpectata (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014), Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1983), Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Thy, Chav, and Holden, 2007) comb. nov., and Feihyla vittiger (Boulenger, 1897) comb. nov.
description: Published as part of Biju, S. D., Garg, Sonali, Gokulakrishnan, G., Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman, Thammachoti, Panupong, Ren, Jinlong, Gopika, C., Bisht, Karan, Hamidy, Amir & Shouche, Yogesh, 2020, New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae), pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4878 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424570
Feihyla palpebralis Frost et al. 2006
Creators: name: Biju, S. D.
name: Garg, Sonali
name: Gokulakrishnan, G.
name: Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman
name: Thammachoti, Panupong
name: Ren, Jinlong
name: Gopika, C.
name: Bisht, Karan
name: Hamidy, Amir
name: Shouche, Yogesh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Rhacophoridae
Feihyla
Feihyla palpebralis

description: Feihyla palpebralis (Smith, 1924)
Vietnamese Jelly-nest Frog
(Figs. 1–5; Tables 1–2)
Original name and description. Philautus palpebralis Smith, 1924. Smith M. A. 1924. New tree-frogs from Indo- China and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1924: 225–234. Type. Holotype, author’s number 2589, female (by original designation), presently NHM 1924.1.31.2. Type locality. “Langbian Peaks, alt. 2000 m., S. Annam ”, Vietnam. Current status of specific name. Valid name as Feihyla palpebralis (Smith, 1924) (Frost et al. 2006).
Diagnosis. Medium adult size (male SVL 25–28 mm, female SVL 30 mm); snout pointed in dorsal view; dorsum shagreened to granular; white or light yellow streak extending from below the eye up to the shoulder; dorsum light yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, occasionally with concave bands forming a ‘)(‘-shaped marking or faint lines; presence of a pale white or cream pre- and post-orbital stripe, and continuous or discontinuous dark band between the eyes; limbs with pale cross-bands; first two fingers partially opposed to the others; rudimentary webbing between the outer two fingers; foot webbing moderate, just below the second subarticular tubercle on either side of toe IV (Fig. 5).
Distribution. Feihyla palpebralis is currently known only from the Langbian Peaks area of present-day central Vietnam (Lam Dong Province) and probably northern Vietnam (Tam Dao). Previous studies reported this species from southern China (Yunnan Province, Guangxi Province, and Guizhou Province) (e.g., Fei 1999; Fei et al. 2009, 2010). However, after recent examination of Chinese Feihyla specimens, including the type series of F. fuhua, we found none that could be morphologically assigned to F. palpebralis. The original description of F. fuhua also did not delist the ‘ F. palpebralis ’ record from China. Hence, ‘ F. palpebralis’ from China is considered to be misidentification of F. fuhua (Fig. 4). Further studies are required to understand the geographical ranges of these two species.
description: Published as part of Biju, S. D., Garg, Sonali, Gokulakrishnan, G., Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman, Thammachoti, Panupong, Ren, Jinlong, Gopika, C., Bisht, Karan, Hamidy, Amir & Shouche, Yogesh, 2020, New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae), pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4878 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424570
Feihyla samkosensis Biju & Garg & Gokulakrishnan & Chandrakasan & Thammachoti & Ren & Gopika & Bisht & Hamidy & Shouche 2020, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Biju, S. D.
name: Garg, Sonali
name: Gokulakrishnan, G.
name: Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman
name: Thammachoti, Panupong
name: Ren, Jinlong
name: Gopika, C.
name: Bisht, Karan
name: Hamidy, Amir
name: Shouche, Yogesh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Rhacophoridae
Feihyla
Feihyla samkosensis

description: Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Thy, Chav, and Holden, 2007) comb. nov.
Samkos Jelly-nest Frog
Original name and description. Chiromantis samkosensis Grismer, Thy, Chav, and Holden, 2007. Grismer L.L., Thy N., Chav T., and Holden J. 2007. A new species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Phnom Samkos in the northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. Herpetologica, 63: 392–400. Type. Holotype, ZRC1.11896, by original designation. Type locality. “the eastern flank of Phnom Samkos, Pursat Province, Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, 12° 08.817’ N, 103° 08.067’ E ”, “at 501 m ”. Current status of specific name. Valid name as Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Thy, Chav, and Holden, 2007) comb. nov.
Taxonomic remarks. This species is morphologically close to members of the Feihyla vittiger group due to its green dorsal colouration, truncate snout, absence of vomerine teeth, presence of a thick white line along the upper lip from below the midpoint of eye to the shoulder, absence of dorsolateral or dorsal stripes, presence of scattered small dark spots on dorsum, toes more than one-third webbed, and ventral skin semi-transparent. Hence, we provisionally propose Chirixalus samkosensis (Grismer, Thy, Chav, and Holden, 2007) to be transferred to genus Feihyla. Further molecular evidence is required for confirmation of this generic placement.
Diagnosis. Small-sized adults (male SVL 22.9 mm, female SVL 23.6 mm); green dorsal colouration; truncate snout; absence of vomerine teeth; presence of a thick white line along the upper lip from below the midpoint of eye to the shoulder; absence of dorsolateral or dorsal stripes; presence of scattered small dark spots on dorsum; first two fingers opposed to the others; presence of web between fingers III and IV; toes more than one-third webbed, and ventral skin semi-transparent (Grismer et al. 2007).
Distribution. Feihyla samkosensis is currently known only from its type locality on the eastern flank of Phnom Samkos, Pursat Province, Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia.
description: Published as part of Biju, S. D., Garg, Sonali, Gokulakrishnan, G., Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman, Thammachoti, Panupong, Ren, Jinlong, Gopika, C., Bisht, Karan, Hamidy, Amir & Shouche, Yogesh, 2020, New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae), pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4878 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424570
Feihyla kajau Li et al. 2013
Creators: name: Biju, S. D.
name: Garg, Sonali
name: Gokulakrishnan, G.
name: Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman
name: Thammachoti, Panupong
name: Ren, Jinlong
name: Gopika, C.
name: Bisht, Karan
name: Hamidy, Amir
name: Shouche, Yogesh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Rhacophoridae
Feihyla
Feihyla kajau

description: Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1983)
White-eared Jelly-nest Frog
(Figs. 1–2, 4, 6; Tables 1–2)
Original name and description. Rhacophorus kajau Dring, 1983. Dring J. C. M. 1983. Some new frogs from Sarawak. Amphibia-Reptilia, 4: 103–115. Type. Holotype, BMNH 1978.1757, by original designation. Type locality. “Gunung Mulu, Fourth Division, Sarawak ”, Malaysia. Current status of specific name. Valid name as Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1983) (Li et al. 2013).
Diagnosis. Small-sized adults (male SVL 18–20 mm) with a slender body; snout rounded to truncate in dorsal view, and truncate in lateral view; dorsal skin shagreened to sparsely granular with scattered spinules; dorsal colouration uniformly light green with minute white or yellowish speckles; upper arm, loreal, canthal and tympanic regions, lateral surfaces of abdomen, and anterior and posterior parts of thigh, non-pigmented (flesh coloured); presence of a narrow white streak starting from the snout tip and extending along the lateral surfaces up to the groin, that separates the dorsal and lateral body colouration; the first two fingers opposed to the others; foot webbing moderate, not beyond the second tubercle on either side of toe IV; narrow crenulate dermal ridges present along the outer edges of hand, forearm, foot, tarsus, and transversely below the vent. In life, the skin over the belly is translucent making the internal organs, including mature ova, visible (Dring 1983).
Genetic divergence. Phylogenetically, F. kajau is closely related to members of the Feihyla vittiger group (Fig. 1). For the 16S mitochondrial gene, it differs by average uncorrected genetic distances of: 10.7–11.1% from F. inexpectata and 12.6–12.8% from F. vittiger. For interspecific genetic distances with other congeners, see Table 2.
Distribution. Feihyla kajau is currently known only from the Borneo island: Brunei; Sabah to Sarawak of Malaysia; and Kalimantan of Indonesia.
description: Published as part of Biju, S. D., Garg, Sonali, Gokulakrishnan, G., Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman, Thammachoti, Panupong, Ren, Jinlong, Gopika, C., Bisht, Karan, Hamidy, Amir & Shouche, Yogesh, 2020, New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae), pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4878 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424570
Alesa esmeralda Salazar & Constantino 2007
Creators: name: Santos, Wildio Ikaro Da Graça
name: Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo
name: Dias, Fernando Maia Silva
name: Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik
name: Casagrande, Mirna Martins
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Riodinidae
Alesa
Alesa esmeralda

description: Alesa esmeralda Salazar & Constantino, 2007
Figs 3–4, 92
Alesa esmeralda Salazar & Constantino, 2007. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. U. Caldas 11: 168, figs 33, 34 (male d, v), 37 (male gen.); holotype male, Colombia, Cauca, Río Villalobos, bota caucana, 1.100m, 3-IV-1993, J. Salazar leg., collection Julián Salazar.—Constantino & Salazar, 2007. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. U. Caldas 11: 358, fig. 66 (male d).— Hall & Ahrenholz, 2010. Trop. Lep. Res. 20: 21.— Gallard & Fernandez, 2015. Bull. Soc. ent. France 120 (2): 136.
Diagnosis. Alesa esmeralda (male forewing length: 24mm, n=1) is most similar to A. prema. Alesa esmeralda is distinguished by the forewings upper side with the discal cell spot, postbasal and basal bands merged; discal cell spot merged to discal band. Female unknown.
Type material. Alesa esmeralda Salazar & Constatino, 2007 was described based on the male holotype from Colombia with the following data: Cauca, Río Villalobos, bota caucana, 1.100 m, J. Salazar leg. 3.IV.1993, deposited at the CJS.
Distribution. Alesa esmeralda is known from the cloud forest in the mid elevation of the eastern Andes of Colombia at its type locality and possibly in Putumayo (Salazar & Constantino 2007). (Fig. 92).
Comments. Alesa esmeralda is a poorly known species, known only from a single specimen. The forewings upper side pattern of A. esmeralda resembles closely the pattern of A. prema. These two species are only distinguished by the longer forewing upper side bands of A. esmeralda, distinctively merged and broken between postbasal and discal bands, whereas in A. prema the bands are unbroken or only partially merged. The emerald color pattern of the wings upper side used to name A. esmeralda is also observed in some specimens of A. prema (Fig. 7), and no differences in male genitalia were noted. Consequently, the status of A. esmeralda as a valid species has been questioned (Hall & Ahrenholz 2010) and further studies are necessary.
Examined material. COLOMBIA — Cauca: Río Villalobos, 1.100m, 3.IV.1993, male holotype, J. Salazar leg. (CJS) (examined from images).
description: Published as part of Santos, Wildio Ikaro Da Graça, Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo, Dias, Fernando Maia Silva, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2023, A review of the South American metalmark genus Alesa Doubleday, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Eurybiini) with the description of two new species, pp. 77-120 in Zootaxa 5284 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7919001
Alesa humilis Brevignon 2015
Creators: name: Santos, Wildio Ikaro Da Graça
name: Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo
name: Dias, Fernando Maia Silva
name: Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik
name: Casagrande, Mirna Martins
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Riodinidae
Alesa
Alesa humilis

description: Alesa humilis Brévignon, 2015
Figs 20–21, 94
Alesa humilis Brévignon, 2015. Bull. Soc. ent. France 120 (4): 453, figs 1, 2 (male d, v), 5–8 (male gen.); holotype male, French Guyana, Roura, RN 2, PK 35, 14-X-1989, collection L. & C. Brévignon.— Gallard, 2017. Riodinidae Guyane, p. 56.
Diagnosis. Male of A. humilis is distinguished from A. suzana by the reddish spots on the wings upper side. Alesa humilis is distinguished from A. telephae and A. negra by their smaller red spots and absence of intervenal iridescent rays on the wings upper side. Wings underside with reduced dark brown. Female unknown.
Type material. Alesa humilis Brévignon, 2015 was described based on a male holotype deposited at the LCB, with the following labels: / HOLOTYPE ♁ / Guiana Francesa, Roura, RN 2, PK 35, 14-X-1989, coleção L. & C. Brévignon. /.
Distribution. Alesa humilis is only known from its type locality in French Guiana (Fig. 94).
Comments. The atypical phenotype of this species was interpreted as an individual variation or an aberration of A. telephae for a long time (Brévignon 2015, Gallard 2017). The wing pattern of A. humilis is quite similar A. telephae and A. negra, except by the smaller red spots on the wings upper side, and the absence of the iridescent rays in the spaces between cells. Nevertheless, the male genitalia of A. telephae is quite distinct, with a long inner distal process of the valva, longer than the central projection of transtilla distally. In A. negra and A. humilis the process of valva is shorter, although longer than the central projection of transtilla in A. negra, and shorter than the central projection of transtilla in A. humilis. Brévignon (2015) considered the longer tegumen and uncus, and the smaller anterior projection of saccus of A. humilis when compared with A. telephae as additional characters supporting the specific status of A. humilis. It is not possible to fully evaluate the specific status of A. humilis based on the limited information available; nevertheless, A. humilis is here recognized as a valid species until more material is available.
The holotype male Alesa humilis was captured at 13:30h., flying close to the ground and perching on the underside of a leaf (Brévignon 2015).
Examined material. FRENCH GUIANA — Cayenne: Roura (RN 2, PK 35), 14.X.1989, holotype male, L. Brévignon leg. (LCB) (examined from images).
description: Published as part of Santos, Wildio Ikaro Da Graça, Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo, Dias, Fernando Maia Silva, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2023, A review of the South American metalmark genus Alesa Doubleday, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Eurybiini) with the description of two new species, pp. 77-120 in Zootaxa 5284 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7919001
Alesa suzana Ahrenholz & Hall 2010
Creators: name: Santos, Wildio Ikaro Da Graça
name: Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo
name: Dias, Fernando Maia Silva
name: Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik
name: Casagrande, Mirna Martins
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Riodinidae
Alesa
Alesa suzana

description: Alesa suzana Ahrenholz & Hall, 2010
Figs 24–25, 66, 94
Alesa suzana Ahrenholz & Hall, 2010, in Hall & Ahrenholz, 2010. Trop. Lep. Res. 20 (2): 19, 21, 22, fig. 1 (male d, v), 3 (male gen.); ECUADOR: Napo, Finca San Carlo, km. 12 Tena-Puyo rd., 1°05.59’S, 77°46.98’W, 550 m, 19 Feb 2008 (D. H. Ahrenholz) (USNM).— Gallard & Fernandez, 2015. Bull. Soc. ent. France 120 (2): 141.
Diagnosis. Alesa suzana is the only species of the “ telephae group” with males without reddish spots on the wings upper side; it is also the only species in the genus with a large white band on the wings upper side postdiscal area. Female unknown.
Type material. The holotype male of Alesa suzana Ahrenholz & Hall, 2010 is deposited at the USNM and has the following data: Ecuador, Napo, Finca San Carlo, 12 Km of Tena-Puyo, 1° 05.59’S, 77°46.98’W, 550m, 19.II.2008, Ahrenholz leg.
Distribution. Alesa suzana is known from two localities of low elevation in eastern Napo, Ecuador (Fig. 94).
Comments. Alesa suzana is the only species of the genus with an iridescent light blue sheen covering most of the wings upper side, white color in the pattern of the wings upper side, and no reddish spots on the wings upper side. In A. suzana, these reddish spots, present in all other species of the “ telephae group”, are replaced by white spots. The wing patterns of males of A. suzana (and also A. mariae sp. nov. and A. thelydrias) are somewhat similar to females of species of the “ amesis group”. Females of A. suzana are unknown, but based on the known females of the “ telephae group”, the female of A. suzana probably have pale wing patterns, with the same white elements of the male, however, without the iridescent sheen.
Alesa suzana is a rare species known only from three male specimens collected in two localities in Napo province, Ecuador, although it is probably widespread in western Amazon (Hall & Ahrenholz 2010). Two of the male specimens examined to describe A. suzana were encountered perching on sunlit leaves in a hilltop between 14:10h. and 14:15h, with wings almost fully open about 12 m above the ground, being the highest perching riodinid species observed in this site (Hall & Ahrenholz 2010).
Examined material. ECUADOR — Napo: Finca San Carlo (12 Km of Tena-Puyo road), 550m, 19.II.2008, 1 male, D. Ahrenholz leg. (USNM) (holotype examined from images). Tena, VII.2011, 1 male, M. Simon leg. (MGCL).
description: Published as part of Santos, Wildio Ikaro Da Graça, Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo, Dias, Fernando Maia Silva, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2023, A review of the South American metalmark genus Alesa Doubleday, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Eurybiini) with the description of two new species, pp. 77-120 in Zootaxa 5284 (1) on page 97, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7919001
Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe 1832
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles

description: Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832
Type species: Loxosceles rufecens (Dufour, 1820).
Diagnosis. Loxosceles ARE HApLOGYNE SpIdERS WITH SIx EYES IN THREE dIAdS IN A REcURvEd TRANSvERSE ROW; cHELIcERAE WITHOUT A bOSS, LINkEd ON THE INNER SIdE OvER HALf THEIR LENGTH WITH A MEMbRANE ANd WITH THE cHELIcERAL LAMINA ApEx bIfId; TWO TARSAL cLAWS WITH A SINGLE SERIES Of TEETH; fEMALE pEdIpALp WITHOUT A cLAW; MAjOR AMpULLATE GLANd SpIGOT WITH A SLIT-LIkE OpENING, pOSTERIOR MEdIAN SpINNERETS LAck SpIGOTS ANd pOSTERIOR LATERAL SpINNERETS WITH A SETAL pIT WITH MOdIfIEd SETAE; fEMALE cOpULATORY ORGAN HApLOGYNE WITH ONE bROAd GONOpORE LEAdING TO TWO STORAGE REcEpTAcLES; MALE pALpS WITH A SIMpLE bULb THAT LAckS A HEMATOdOcHA ANd EMbOLUS A THIN TUbE WITHOUT AccESSORY STRUcTURES.
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles cederbergensis Lotz 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles cederbergensis

description: Loxosceles cederbergensis sp. nov.
(FIG. 20)
Types. SOUTH AfRIcA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM WESTERN CApE, AAN HET BERG, CEdERbERG, 32°17’S, 18°32’E, 257M, E. NORTjE & S. KRITzINGER-KLOppER LEG., 6.X.2005 (AcAT 2012/2859).
Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY.
Diagnosis. FEMALE dIffERS fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THE TWO, LONG ANd cURvEd, cOpULATORY TUbES bEING Of NOTIcEAbLY dIffERENT LENGTHS (FIG. 20).
Description. Female: (N = 1): TL = 7.0; CL = 2.9; CW = 2.6; CLL = 0.4. AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO ANTERIOR pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, WHIcH ARE NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES; vENTRAL cOpULATORY TUbES MUcH SHORTER THAN dORSAL TUbES (FIG. 20). LEG fORMULA IV:II:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.9, pATELLA 0.9, TIbIA 6.2, METATARSUS 5.9, TARSUS 1.3, TOTAL 20.2; II: 6.6, 0.9, 5.1, 5.8, 1.2, 22.0; III: 5.7, 0.9, 5.1, 5.8, 1.2, 18.7; IV: 6.6, 0.9, 6.2, 7.1, 1.9, 22.7. PALp: fEMUR 0.9, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 2.9.
Male: UNkNOWN.
Natural History. COLLEcTEd IN pITfALL TRApS IN FYNbOS.
Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY (FIG. 39).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles haddadi Lotz 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles haddadi

description: Loxosceles haddadi sp. nov.
(FIG. 6)
Type: SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, ♂ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTpANSbERG, LAjUMA, 23°02’S, 29°27’E, C. HAddAd LEG., 6.II.2008 (NMBA 11612).
Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR CHARLES HAddAd, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.
Diagnosis. MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM MORE THAN TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH, MOST SIMILAR TO L. parramae (FIG. 10); dIffERING fROM L. parramae IN THE LENGTHENEd pART Of THE cYMbIUM HAvING AN ANGULAR bENd NEAR THE pALp bULb ANd THE EMbOLUS ApEx bEING STRAIT (FIG. 6).
Description. Male: (N = 1): TL = 4.3; CL = 2.1; CW = 1.8; CLL = 0.25. AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM MORE THAN TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH; LENGTHENEd pART Of THE cYMbIUM HAvING AN ANGULAR bENd NEAR THE pALp bULb; cYMbIUM NOT WIdENING SLIGHTLY NEAR THE pALp bULb; EMbOLUS AbOUT TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH, ALMOST STRAIGHT ANd SLIGHTLY WIdENEd AT bASE (FIG. 6). LEG fORMULA I:II:IV:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.8, pATELLA 0.7, TIbIA 6.3, METATARSUS 6.3, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 19.8; II: 5.6, 0.7, 5.9, 6.1, 1.2, 19.5; III: 4.5, 0.7, 4.1, 4.7, 0.9, 14.9; IV: 5.3, 0.7, 5.0, 6.1, 1.2, 18.3. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.35, TIbIA 0.8, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 3.25.
Female: UNkNOWN.
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM UNdER ROckS.
Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY IN NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 40).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on pages 480-481, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles irishi Lotz 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles irishi

description: Loxosceles irishi sp. nov.
(FIGS 7, 24)
Types. NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM TEMpLE Of DOOM CAvE, 19°30’S, 13°55’E, 14.VII.1995, J. IRISH LEG. (NMBA7139). PARATYPES. 2♀, SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE (NMBA 17860); 1♂, KAOKOLAND, ARBORIUM, LOCALITY MAP 1813DC, 14.VIII.1994, E. MARAIS LEG (SMN 43403); 1♂, 3♀ AND 1 IMM, KAOKOLAND, BVWq-GAT, LOCALITY MAP 1913BD, 28.II.1990, E. MARAIS & J. IRISH LEG. (SMN 41839); 1♂, TEMPLE OF DOOM CAVE, 19°30’S, 13°55’E, 17– 18.VIII.1994, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43 404).
Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR JOHN IRISH, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.
Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of SMALL ObLONG SAcS ON fOUR LONG cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE; cOpULATORY TUbES pROcEEd ANTERIORLY; dIffER fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THIS RESpEcT (FIG. 24). MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT, MOST SIMILAR TO L. maraisi, (FIG. 8); dIffERING fROM L. maraisi IN THE pALp TIbIA LENGTH/HIGH RATIO bEING MORE THAN 2.5 ANd THE EMbOLUS bEING AbOUT TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH (FIG. 7).
Description. Female: (N = 6): TL = 7.45 (5.5–8.8); CL = 3.12 (2.5–3.4); CW = 2.58 (2.1–3.1); CLL = 0.32 (0.20–0.45). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH fOUR, LONG, ANTERIORLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES (FIG. 24). LEG fORMULA II:I:IV:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.8, pATELLA 1.3, TIbIA 6.1, METATARSUS 6.0, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 20.4; II: 6.8, 1.3, 7.0, 6.3, 1.3, 22.7; III: 5.6, 1.3, 4.9, 5.8, 1.2, 18.8; IV: 6.2, 1.3, 5.8, 7.3, 1.4, 22.0. PALp: fEMUR 1.3, pATELLA 0.5, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 1.5, TOTAL 4.3.
Male: (N = 3): TL = 6.63 (5.5–7.9); CL = 3.13 (2.8–3.8); CW = 2.83 (2.5–3.5); CLL = 0.37 (0.3–0.5). AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT; TIbIA LENGTH/HIGH RATIO MORE THAN 2.5; EMbOLUS AbOUT TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH ANd cURvEd, NARROWING fROM bASE TO ApEx (FIG. 7). LEG fORMULA II:IV:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 6.2, pATELLA 1.1, TIbIA 6.9, METATARSUS 7.1, TARSUS 1.3, TOTAL 22.6; II: 7.3, 1.1, 8.4, 8.8, 1.5, 27.1; III: 5.4, 1.1, 5.1, 6.7, 1.2, 19.5; IV: 6.3, 1.1, 6.2, 8.5, 1.5, 23.6. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 0.45, TOTAL 2.85.
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM dARk zONE IN cAvES.
Distribution. NORTHWESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles makapanensis Lotz 2017
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles makapanensis

description: Loxosceles makapanensis s p. nov.
(FIG. 26)
Types. ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, MAkApAN VALLEY, FIcUS CAvE, 24°04’S, 29°15’E, W. MARAIS LEG, 11.IV.2006 (AcAT 2005/1372). PARATYpE: 1♀ fROM SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, MIkE’S CAvE, 24°07’S, 29°14’E, K. dE WET LEG, 4.X.2002 (AcAT 2005/1367).
Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY.
Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of TWO SMALL ROUNd SAcS ON SHORT cOpULATORY TUbE THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY ANd MEdIALLY; SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES SITUATEd IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA; THE SpEcIES IS SIMILAR TO L. parramae IN HAvING THE SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA, bUT dIffER IN HAvING TWO SEpARATE cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE (FIG. 26).
Description. Female: (N = 2): TL = 5.70 (5.6–5.8); CL = 2.35 (2.1–2.6); CW = 2.10 (1.9–2.3); CLL = 0.33 (0.25–0.4). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.12. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, vERY SHORT, MEdIALLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES (FIG. 26). LEG fORMULA IV:II:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.5, pATELLA 0.9, TIbIA 5.7, METATARSUS 5.7, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 19.0; II: 5.6, 0.9, 5.6, 5.7, 1.2, 19.0; III: 4.8, 0.9, 4.8, 4.9, 1.0, 16.4; IV: 5.6, 0.9, 5.2, 6.2, 1.2, 19.1. PALp: fEMUR 0.8, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 2.7.
Male: UNkNOWN.
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM THE dARk zONE IN cAvES.
Distribution. NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 40).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles maraisi Lotz 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
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Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles maraisi

description: Loxosceles maraisi sp. nov.
(FIGS 8, 27)
Types. NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM ZAIS, 24°01’S, 16°08’E, M. BRIdGEFORd LEG., 30.III.1999 (SMN 42657). PARATYPES. 1♀ AND 2 IMM., SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE (Ex SMN 42657); 2♂, 5♀ AND 5 IMM., MALTAHöHE, NEURAS CAVE, LOcALITY MAp 2416 Ac, 10.VIII.1995, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43688).
Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR EUGENE MARAIS, cOLLEcTOR Of MOST Of THE TYpE SpEcIMENS.
Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of THREE TO fOUR SHORT TUbES THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY; dIffER fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THIS RESpEcT (FIG. 27). MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT, MOST SIMILAR TO L. irishi (FIG. 7); dIffERING fROM L. irishi IN THE pALp TIbIA LENGTH/HIGH RATIO bEING LESS THAN 2.5 ANd THE EMbOLUS bEING AbOUT AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH (FIG. 8).
Description. Female: (N = 7): TL = 9.84 (9.2–12.0); CL = 3.87 (3.6–4.3); CW = 3.30 (2.7–3.8); CLL = 0.48 (0.45–0.50). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH THREE TO fOUR, SHORT, STUbbY, ANTERIORLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE; SpERMATHEcAE NOT dISTINGUISHAbLE fROM TUbES (FIG. 27). LEG fORMULA II:IV:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 7.3, pATELLA 1.3, TIbIA 7.5, METATARSUS 7.6, TARSUS 1.4, TOTAL 25.1; II: 7.8, 1.4, 7.7, 8.8, 1.5, 27.2; III: 6.8, 1.3, 5.9, 7.5, 1.3, 22.8; IV: 7.6, 1.4, 6.7, 9.4, 1.5, 26.6. PALp: fEMUR 1.3, pATELLA 0.5, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 1.4, TOTAL 4.2.
Male: (N = 2): TL = 6.45 (5.6–7.3); CL = 3.20 (3.0–3.4); CW = 2.85 (2.6–3.1); CLL = 0.38 (0.35–0.40). AME- LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT; TIbIA LENGTH/ HIGH RATIO bEING MORE THAN 2.0, bUT LESS THAN 2.5; EMbOLUS AbOUT AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH ANd SLIGHTLY cURvEd, NARROWING fROM bASE TO ApEx (FIG. 8). LEG fORMULA II:IV:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 8.1, pATELLA 1.2, TIbIA 8.5, METATARSUS 9.6, TARSUS 1.5, TOTAL 28.9; II: 9.1, 1.2, 10.4, 11.5, 1.5, 33.7; III: 7.2, 1.2, 7.5, 8.8, 1.3, 26.0; IV: 8.1, 1.2, 7.7, 10.7, 1.7, 29.4. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 0.65, TOTAL 3.05.
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM cAvES.
Distribution. CENTRAL WESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles pilosa Purcell 1908
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
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Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles pilosa

description: Loxosceles pilosa Purcell, 1908
(FIGS 11, 30)
Loxosceles pilosa Purcell, 1908: 225; Newlands, 1986: 68, f. 40–42; Lotz, 2012: 27. Loxosceles spinulosa — Newlands, 1975: 144, f. 4 (misidentified).
Note. SEE NOTE UNdER L. bergeri.
Specimens studied. NAMIbIA: 1♀, KARASbURG, NORTH Of RTZ cAMp pLAINS, 28°37’S, 17°49’E, 15.IV.1997, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 43620); SOUTH AFRICA: NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, 1♂, COBOOP DUNES, 28°45’S, 19°21’E, 16– 25.III.1988, J. IRISH & E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 42 164); ♀ LECTOTYPE AND 1♀ PARALECTOTYPE, LITTLE NAMAqUALAND, STEINKOPF, [29°15’S, 17°44’E], VII–VIII.1904, L. SCHULTzE LEG. (SAM X 1 50512); 1♂ AND 3 IMM., STEINKOPF, [29°15’S, 17°44’E], III.1935, cOLLEcTOR UNkNOWN (SAM B8498).
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM pITfALL TRApS ANd UNdER ROckS.
Distribution. SOUTHERN NAMIbIA ANd NORTH-WESTERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles parramae Newlands 1981
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
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Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles parramae

description: Loxosceles parramae Newlands, 1981
(FIGS 10, 29)
Loxosceles parrami Newlands, 1981: 358, f. 1–3; 1986: 66, f. 33, 37–39. Loxosceles parramae — Lotz, 2012: 26.
Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: FREE STATE PROvINcE, 1♀, BLOEMfONTEIN, DAN PIENAAR, 29°08’S, 26°10’E, 15.XI.2006, MR. ROBERTSON LEG. (NMBA 10276); 1♂, BRANDFORT, AMANzI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE, 28°35’S, 26°26’E, 7.I.2010, V. BUTLER LEG. (NMBA 16468); 3♂, 3♀ AND 5 IMM., CLOCOLAN, MPETSANE CONSERVATION ESTATE, 28°48’S, 27°39’E, 8–9.III.2007, L.N. LOTz LEG., (NMBA 10429, 10 446), C. HAddAd LEG. (NMBA 15267), 1.XI.2013, A. JONES LEG. (ACAT 2007/1722, 2014/1116); 1♂ AND 1♀, FOURIESBURG, BEGINSEL, OLD MILL MOUNTAIN RESORT, 28°36’S, 28°28’E, 6.III.2006, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 10085); 1♀, HARRISMITH, QWA QWA MOUNTAIN, 28°30’S, 28°46’E, 19.IV.1994, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 6511); 1♀, HARRISMITH, WILGER PARK, 28°17’S, 29°07’E, IV.2010, J. VAN AS LEG. (NMBA 15266); 2♂, REITz, 27°48’S, 28°27’E, VIII.2007, D. VISSER LEG. (ACAT 2007/4297); 6♂, 1♀ AND 1 IMM., VREdE, 27°26’S, 29°08’E, 18.XII.1991, T. WESSELS LEG. (AcAT 92/414), 22.I.1992 (AcAT 92/430), 28.II.1992 (AcAT 92/473), 18.XI.1992 (AcAT 93/344), 26.XII.1992 (AcAT 93/976), 21.I.1993 (AcAT 93/1004), 1.XI.1993 (ACAT 95/52), 16.I.1995 (ACAT 95/106); GAUTENG PROVINCE, 1♂, BENONI, 26°12’S, 28°19’E, 28.III.1987, L. LERWILL LEG. (ACAT 89 /56); 1♀ AND 6 IMM., GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 2.VII.2000, A. LEROY LEG. (ACAT 2007/2698); ♂ HOLOTYPE AND 2♂ AND 4♀ PARATYPES, JOHANNESBURG, BELLEVUE, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], S. PARRAM, 1979 (SAIMR); 1♂, JOHANNESBURG, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], 6.IV.1965, COLLECTOR UNKNOWN (AM H32); 1♀, JOHANNESBURG, ROSEBANK, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], 25.IV.1966, COLLECTOR UNKNOWN (AM); 1♂, 2♀ AND 1 IMM., PRETORIA, ApIES RIvER CAvE, 25°47’S, 28°13’E, 15.II.2002, J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2005/1360, 2005/1368).
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM GRASSLANd, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd IN cAvES ANd bUILdINGS. SOME HAvE bEEN fOUNd IN THE SAME cAvE AS L. speluncarum.
Distribution. Loxosceles parramae IS fOUNd IN GAUTENG ANd FREE STATE PROvINcES, SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on pages 484-485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles rufescens
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
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Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles rufescens

description: Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)
(FIGS 12, 31)
Scytodes rufescens Dufour, 1820: 203, pl. 76, f. 5; Audouin, 1826: 379, pl. 5, f. 2.
Loxosceles citigrada Heineken & Lowe, in Lowe, 1832: 322, pl. 48, f. 1–14.
Scytodes erythrocephala C. L. Koch, 1838: 90, f. 399–400.
Scytodes distincta Lucas, 1846: 104, pl. 2, f. 4.
Omosita rufescens — Simon, 1864: 50.
Scytodes pallida — Blackwall, 1865: 100 (misidentified).
Loxosceles erythrocephala — Simon, 1873: 38; Pavesi, 1876: 435; Simon, 1914: 75, f. 127.
Loxosceles rufescens — Simon, 1873: 38; Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 113, pl. 6, f. 69, pl. 16, f. 450; Simon, 1914: 75, f. 126;. Strand, 1918: 91, pl. 2, f. 28–29; Petrunkevitch, 1929: 108, f. 92–96; Bristowe, 1938: 311, f. 6; Comstock, 1940: 108, f. 96; Yaginuma, 1940: 129, f. 3; Gertsch, 1958: 31, f. 60–62, 73; Bücherl, 1961: 213, f. 2a; Lee, 1966: 24, f. 5a–d; Gertsch, 1967: 144, pl. 10, f. 5–8; Brignoli, 1969: 156, f. 19–62; Canese, 1972: 83, f. 1; Brignoli, 1976: 144, f. 9–10; Paik, 1978: 572, f. 6–13; Yin, Wang & Hu, 1983: 33, f. 1B, 3B; Gertsch & Ennik, 1983: 353, f. 341–343, 348–351; Lehtinen, 1986: 153, f. 4–5, 7; Yaginuma, 1986: 18, f. 12.1; 1987: 155, f. 20.9; Xu, 1987: 3, f. 4A–D; Chen & Gao, 1990: 37, f. 39a–b; Chen & Zhang, 1991: 68, f. 60.1–3; Dunin, 1992: 75, f. 1, 5, 10–12; Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 49, f. 19M–N, Q; Namkung, 2002: 30, f. 2.1a–c; Saaristo, 2002: 29, f. 84–86; Namkung, 2003: 30, f. 2.1a–c; Ono, 2009: 122, f. 1–6; Le Peru, 2011: 111, f. 112; Labarque & Ramírez, 2012: 3, f. 2E, 5A-B, 8A-B, 9E, 10E, 11E, 12E, 13E, 14E, 15E, 16E, 17E, 18E, 19E, 20D-E, 27C-F, 28A-F, 30C-D, 31E; Lotz, 2012: 29; Yin et al., 2012: 148, f. 21a-d; Mirshamsi, Hatami & Zamani, 2013: 83, f. 1-4; Zamani & Rafinejad, 2014: 229, f. 2-4; Zamani et al., 2014: 58, f. 1A-B; Chomphuphuang et al., 2016: 143, f. 3- 5, 8-9; Sadeghi, Dashan & Malek-Hossein, 2017: 157, f. 2-4.
Spermophora comoroensis — Butler, 1879: 43, pl. I, f. 5.
Loxosceles compactilis — Simon, 1881: 6.
Loxosceles distincta — Simon, 1908: 422.
Loxosceles marylandicus — Muma, 1944: 2, f. 1.
Loxosceles indrabeles — Tikader, 1963: 23, f. 1a–c. Loxosceles ruescens — Yoo & Kim, 2002: 25, f. 4.
Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: WESTERN CApE PROvINcE, 1♂, CApE TOWN, [33°56’S, 18°28’E], 26.IX.1914, R. TUckER LEG. (SAM B370).
Natural History. COLLEcTEd IN SOUTH AfRIcA fROM INSIdE bUILdINGS. Distribution. Loxosceles rufescens IS A cOSMOpOLITAN SpEcIES; IN SOUTH AfRIcA SO fAR ONLY kNOWN fROM CApE TOWN (FIG. 39).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on pages 485-486, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles speluncarum Simon 1893
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
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Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles speluncarum

description: Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893
(FIGS 16, 35)
Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893: 273; 1894: 64; Newlands, 1975: 146, f. 6; 1986: 73, f. 46–48; Lotz, 2012: 32.
Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: GAUTENG PROvINcE, PRETORIA, 2♀ ANd 3 IMM., ApIES RIvER CAvE, 25°47’S, 28°13’E, 15.II.2002, M. MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2005/359); 1♀, FOUNTAIN CAVES, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 23.X.2002, J. MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2004/518); 1♂, GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 1.II.1998, A. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2007/1621); WONdERbOOM CAvE, 25°42’S, 28°12’E, 9.IX.1999, J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2003/1451).
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES. SOME SpEcIMENS WERE cOLLEcTEd fROM THE SAME cAvE AS L. parramae.
Distribution. CAvES IN THE PRETORIA AREA, SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 39).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell 1904
Creators: name: Lotz, L. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sicariidae
Loxosceles
Loxosceles spinulosa

description: Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904
(FIGS 17, 36)
Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904: 140; Newlands, 1975: 144, f. 2–5, 8, 10–13; 1986: 77, f. 52–54; Lotz, 2012: 34.
Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: EASTERN CApE PROvINcE, 1♀, GREAT FISH RIvER RESERvE, ULSTER fARM bORdER, 33°29’S, 27°08’E, 4.X.1993, M. BURGER LEG. (ACAT 96 /13); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., HANKEY, BAVIAANSKLOOF RD., 33°43’S, 24°37’E, 20.I.2004, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 9201); 1♂, HUMANSDORP, JEFFREYS BAY, 34°04’S, 20°05’E, 2.III.1995, J. DU PREEz LEG. (NMBA 8158); WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, 2♀, DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE, POTBERG, 34°17’S, 20°17’E, 4.IV.2004, C. HADDAD LEG. (ACAT 2007/3374); 1♂, HEIDELBERG, GROOTVADERSBOS, 34°01’S, 20°46’E, 1.II.1989, G. MÜLLER LEG. (ACAT 89/289); 1♀ AND 2 IMM., MONTAGU, [33°47’S, 20°07’E], XI.1919, R.W. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B4761); ♀ HOLOTYPE, SWELLENDAM, PASS AT AVONTUUR, NEAR STORMSVLEI, [34°04’S, 20°05’E], W.F. PURCELL, AUGUST 1900 (SAM X007915).
Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM FYNbOS, fROM pITfALL TRApS, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd LOGS, ANd fROM INSIdE bUILdINGS.
Distribution. SOUTHERN pART Of SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).
description: Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on pages 491-492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1040541
Sphallotrichus sericeotomentosus Fragoso 1995
Creators: name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
name: Silva, Weliton Dias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Sphallotrichus
Sphallotrichus sericeotomentosus

description: SPHALLOTRICHINA Martins & Monné, 2002Sphallotrichus sericeotomentosus Fragoso, 1995Fig. 1
Material examined: BRAZIL, Mato Grosso do Sul (new state record): Cassilândia (19°05′31.2″S, 51°48′56.9″W),
[semiochemical trap], 3 males, 1 female, 03.III.2017, S.R. Rodrigues col. (ESALQ).
Geographical distribution: This species was described from Brazil (Mato Grosso, Rondônia,and Pará) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz). Currently, it is also known from the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Maranhão, and Goiás (Monné, 2019a). Additionally, Bezark (2019) listed this species in Venezuela, a country record previously presented by Monné & Hovore (2005).
description: Published as part of Santos-Silva, Antonio, Botero, Juan Pablo, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Silva, Weliton Dias, 2020, A new synonym and seventeen new distributional records in South American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), with notes on Chlorethe scabrosa Zajciw, 1963, pp. 1-11 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60 on page 2, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.10, http://zenodo.org/record/3727968
Piezocera costula Martins 1976
Creators: name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
name: Silva, Weliton Dias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Piezocera
Piezocera costula

description: Piezocera costula Martins, 1976Fig. 11
Material examined: BRAZIL, São Paulo (new state record): Valentim Gentil (20°22′24.7″S, 50°05′17.8″W), [semiochemical trap], 1 female, 02.X.2015, W.D. Silva col. (ESALQ); 1 male, 1 female, 25.XI.2015, W.D. Silva col. (ESALQ); 1 female, 22.XII.2015, W.D. Silva col. (ESALQ); 1 male, 1 female, 24.XII.2015, W.D. Silva col. (ESALQ).
Geographical distribution: This species was described from Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul). Currently, it is known from Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) (Monné, 2019a).
description: Published as part of Santos-Silva, Antonio, Botero, Juan Pablo, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Silva, Weliton Dias, 2020, A new synonym and seventeen new distributional records in South American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), with notes on Chlorethe scabrosa Zajciw, 1963, pp. 1-11 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60 on pages 3-5, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.10, http://zenodo.org/record/3727968
Chlorethe scabrosa Zajciw 1963
Creators: name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima
name: Silva, Weliton Dias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Chlorethe
Chlorethe scabrosa

description: Chlorethe scabrosa Zajciw, 1963
Fig. 9
Chlorethe scabrosa Zajciw, 1963: 418; Monné, 2019a: 174 (cat.).
Chlorethe brachyptera; Monné et al., 2016a: 346, fig. 23 (distr.); Monné et al., 2016 b: 10 (distr.). (Misidentified).
Material examined: BRAZIL, [no further details]: 1 female, XII.1938, [no collector indicated] (MZSP).
Geographical distribution: Currently, C. scabrosa is known from Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul) and Argentina (Misiones) (Monné, 2019a).
Remarks: Chlorethe scabrosa was originally described from Brazil (Paraná and Mato Grosso [currently, Mato Grosso do Sul]). Monné et al. (2016a) and Monné et al. (2016 b) reported C. brachyptera from the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. However, the specimen figured by Monné et al. (2016a) is a male of C. scabrosa. Probably, the specimen mentioned by Monné et al. (2016 b) is the same of Monné et al. (2016a). Accordingly, C. brachyptera is excluded from the fauna of Rio de Janeiro, and C. scabrosa is reported for the first time in this state.
description: Published as part of Santos-Silva, Antonio, Botero, Juan Pablo, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Silva, Weliton Dias, 2020, A new synonym and seventeen new distributional records in South American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), with notes on Chlorethe scabrosa Zajciw, 1963, pp. 1-11 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60 on page 3, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.10, http://zenodo.org/record/3727968