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Loxosceles speluncarum Simon 1893

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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).

Notes

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

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D552675EFF48FA9051DAF900

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.1040543 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.1040545 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.1040549 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/817E87C3FFCE8926FF1E63DCFADEBF8E (URL)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1040541 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC2FE08D542674EFFDFFFC0524FFFEE (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/723F3227-A214-43F8-B598-CD7DFDB8B48B (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03FB8670D552675EFF48FA9051DAF900 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/137227752 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/31653/taxon/03FB8670D552675EFF48FA9051DAF900.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
PRETORIA, IMM
Event date
2002-02-15
Family
Sicariidae
Genus
Loxosceles
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Simon
Species
speluncarum
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2002-02-15
Taxonomic concept label
Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893 sec. Lotz, 2017

References

  • Simon, E. (1893) Histoire naturelle das araignees. Vol. 1. Roret, Paris, 232 pp. [pp. 257 - 488]
  • Newlands, G. (1975) A revision of the spider genus Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1835 (Araneae: Scytodidae) in southern Africa with notes on the natural history and morphology. Journal of the entomological Society of southern Africa, 38, 141 - 154.
  • Lotz, L. N. (2012) Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa, 3522, 1 - 41.