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Leptopholcus guineensis Millot 1941

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Description

8. Leptopholcus guineensis Millot, 1941 . Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea (Millot 1941; Huber 2009); newly recorded for Ghana.

New records

GUINEA: 7 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in MRAC (236931), Mt. Nimba, Forêt de Zié, near Gouan camp or “Station de Pompage Zié” [7°40’N, 8°26’W], 1250 m a.s.l., 3 Oct. 2011 (D. van den Spiegel, A. Henrard); 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in MRAC (236927 part), Mt Nimba, Zougué valley, near Gbakoré mine camp [7°42’N, 8°24’W], young secondary gallery forest, canopy fogging, 780 m a.s.l., 5 Oct. 2011 (D. Van den Spiegel, A. Henrard).

GHANA: Ashanti Region: 4 ♂♂ 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 10468), 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 ♀ 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 131), same data. Eastern Region: 1 ♂ 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 10469), 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); 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 152), same data. Volta Region: 2 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ 7 juvs in ZFMK (Ar 10470), 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); 5 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gha 164), same data; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 10471), Tagbo waterfall (7°00.7’N, 0°34.4’E), ~ 500 m a.s.l., forest near waterfall, 28 Feb. 2013 (B.A. Huber). Central Region: 1 ♀ in MRAC (217306), Kakum Forest, primary forest, 11 Nov. 2005 (R. Jocqué, D. de Bakker, L. Baert).

Notes

Published as part of Huber, Bernhard A. & 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 on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59, http://zenodo.org/record/1406590

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B87BD896C7820FBE3342546CED5EB

Related works

Cites
Publication: 10.1080/00222930903207876 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1406590 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB2FFC589647829FB5E3202477AD43D (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/F3B32952-A769-4A41-92EB-3EBF52AD7F7F (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
MRAC , ZFMK
Event date
2005-11-11 , 2011-10-03 , 2011-10-05 , 2013-02-27 , 2013-02-28 , 2013-03-03 , 2013-03-10
Family
Pholcidae
Genus
Leptopholcus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
217306 , 236927 , 236931 , Ar 10468 , Ar 10469 , Ar 10470 , Ar 10471 , Gha 131 , Gha 152 , Gha 164
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Millot
Species
guineensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
other material
Verbatim event date
2005-11-11 , 2011-10-03 , 2011-10-05 , 2013-02-27 , 2013-02-28 , 2013-03-03 , 2013-03-10
Taxonomic concept label
Leptopholcus guineensis Millot, 1941 sec. Huber & Kwapong, 2013

References

  • Millot J. 1941. Les araignees de l'Afrique occidentale Francaise. Sicariides et pholcides. Memoires de l'Academie des sciences de l'Institut de France 64, Academie des sciences, Paris.
  • Huber B. A. 2009. Life on leaves: leaf-dwelling pholcids of Guinea, with emphasis on Crossopriza cylindrogaster Simon, a spider with inverted resting position, pseudo-eyes, lampshade web, and tetrahedral egg-sac (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Natural History 43 (39 - 40): 2491 - 2523. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930903207876