Physocyclus globosus Taczanowski 1874
Creators: name: Huber, Bernhard A.
name: Kwapong, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Physocyclus
Physocyclus globosus

description: <b>22. <i>Physocyclus globosus</i> (Taczanowski, 1874)</b> . Guinea, Ivory Coast (Millot 1941); newly recorded for Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. New records GUINEA: Guinée Forestière: 2 &amp;male;&amp;male; 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 10499), Lola, in building (7°48.5’N, 8°30.9’W), 490 m a.s.l., 30 Nov. 2008 (B.A. Huber). SIERRA LEONE: ~ 25 &amp;male;&amp;male; 35 &amp;female;&amp;female; (5 vials) in MRAC (146489, 148459, 148462, 148541, 159145), Freetown, Mount Aureol [8°28.7’N, 13°13.3’W], Sep. 1976 - Nov. 1977 (D. Olu-Pitt). LIBERIA: Montserrado Co.: 4 &amp;male;&amp;male; 6 &amp;female;&amp;female; + juvs (6 vials) in USNM, Monrovia (6°19’N, 10°48’W), Jun. 1894 - Mar. 1895 (O.F. Cook); 1 &amp;female; 2 juvs in USNM, Mt. Coffee [6°31.7’N, 10°33.4’W], Apr. 1897 (O.F. Cook). Maryland Co.: 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; + juvs in USNM, Muhlenberg Mission (4°28’N, 7°35’W), Feb. 1895 (G.P. Goff); 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in USNM, same locality, Jun. 1892 (O.F. Cook); 1 &amp;female; in USNM, unidentified locality: Liberia, “N.Y. settlement”, Mar. 1895 (J.S. Sharp). IVORY COAST: 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (201102), Adiopo Doumé [5°20’N, 4°20’W], Orstom, around buildings, 12 Nov. 1994 (R. Jocqué); 1 &amp;male; in MRAC (177559), Appouesso, Forêt classée de la Bossematié [6°35’N, 3°28’W], Nov. 1993 (R. Jocqué); 4 &amp;male;&amp;male; 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. in CAS, Parc National de la Maraoué [~ 7°05’N, 6°05’W], 8 Jan. 1991 (W.J. Pulawski); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (230443), Taï Forest, Centre de Recherche Ecologique (CRE) [5°50’N, 7°21’W], no further data. GHANA: Greater Accra Region: 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; 2 juvs in MRAC (131433), Accra [~ 5°35’N, 0°12’W], 2-8 Oct. 1966 (D. Thys van den Audenaerde); 1 &amp;male; in MRAC (127241), same locality, 20 Jul. 1964 (G. Marlier); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (142391), Legon [5°39’N, 0°10’W], 14 Mar. 1972 (J. Edmunds); 2 &amp;male;&amp;male; 7 &amp;female;&amp;female; + juvs (6 vials) in MCZ (34030-35), Achimota [5°37’N, 0°14’W], in and around house, Mar. 1961 - Mar. 1962 (C.P. Hinckley). Western Region: 1 &amp;male; 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 10500), Ankasa National Park (5°13.0’N, 2°39.1’W), 180 m a.s.l., buildings near entrance, 22 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Central Region: 1 &amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10501), Cape Coast (5°06.3’N, 1°14.8’W), 15 m a.s.l., in building, 23 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Eastern Region: 5 &amp;male;&amp;male; 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 10502), near Mpraeso (6°34.1’N, 0°43.9’W), 370 m a.s.l., degraded forest near road, at rocks, 10 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 151), same data; 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. in CAS, Nkawkaw [6°33’N, 0°46’W], 31 Jan. 1991 (W.J. Pulawski); 1 &amp;male; in MRAC (127253), Akosombo [6°16’N, 0°03’E], 12 Jul. 1964 (G. Marlier). Ashanti Region: 4 &amp;male;&amp;male; 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10503), Kumawu (6°54.3’N, 1°15.4’W), 380 m a.s.l., in building, 3 Mar. 2013 (B.A. Huber); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (131424), Kumasi [6°41’N, 1°37’W], 24-25 Sep. 1966 (D. Thys van den Audenaerde). TOGO: several &amp;male;&amp;male; &amp;female;&amp;female; (3 vials) in MRAC (136122-123, 150069), Kolokope [7°28’N, 1°19’E], 26-31 Jul. 1969 (F. Puylaert); 1 &amp;female; 2 juvs in MRAC (131453), “ Doteleopé ”, 6-7 Oct. 1966 (D. Thys van den Audenaerde); 1 &amp;female; in MRAC (212772), Dzogbégan [7°14’N, 0°41’E], Jan. 2003 (S. Tchibozo). BENIN: 1 &amp;male; in MRAC (212766 part), Adjohoun [6°42’N, 2°30’E], in house, 23 Dec. 2002 (S. Tchibozo); 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; 1 juv. in MRAC (212769), Godomey [6°25’N, 2°19’E], in house, Dec. 2002 (S. Tchibozo); 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; in ZFMK (Ar 10504), Niaouli (6°44’N, 2°08’E), 20 Feb. 2009 (S. Tchibozo). NIGERIA: Osun: 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female; 1 juv. 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 14-16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59, http://zenodo.org/record/1406590
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