taxonID	type	description	language	source
038C87B3FF91FF86869D116BFCC4FDDB.taxon	materials_examined	New records CONGO D. R.: Bas Congo: 4 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀ + juvs (5 vials) in MRAC (224305 - 306 part, 309 - 311 part), Mayombe, Luki Forest Reserve [5 ° 37.3 ’ S, 13 ° 05.9 ’ E], fogging in old secondary rainforest, 19 - 25 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 7 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ + juvs (7 vials) in MRAC (224312 - 315 part, 319 part, 234844 - 845), same locality, fogging in primary rainforest, 25 Sep. - 4 Oct. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (6 vials) in MRAC (222190 part, 223021, 223039, 223120 part, 223457 part, 223679 part), same locality, beating in old secondary rainforest, 17 - 23 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 4 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀ (7 vials) in MRAC (223588 part, 223605 part, 223628 part, 223649, 223746, 223804, 223835), same locality, beating in primary rainforest, 26 Sep. - 3 Oct. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in MRAC (222019), same locality, sweeping along trail in primary rainforest, 11 Nov. 2006 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 1 ♂ in MRAC (222753), same locality, pitfalls in primary rainforest, 13 - 23 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF91FF8784B81055FB3EF8AB.taxon	distribution	Anansus is endemic and widely distributed in tropical Africa (Huber 2007; Huber & Warui 2012; Huber & Kwapong 2013), with two nominal species currently known from Central Africa (Fig. 20). Females in this genus are difficult to distinguish, and female specimens from Bioko (Pico Basilé) in CAS and from Gabon (Ntenkélé) in ZFMK (Ar 11886) might represent further undescribed species.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF90FF8684A3149BFB6BFCBD.taxon	distribution	Only the pantropical synanthropic C. lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) occurs in Central Africa (Fig. 21). It is common but has apparently not been recorded previously from the area considered here.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF90FF85869D157DFB16FE6F.taxon	materials_examined	New records CAMEROON: North Region: 2 ♀♀, 2 juvs in MRAC (148259), Touroua [9 ° 04.7 ’ N, 12 ° 58.4 ’ E], 8 - 9 Jan. 1976 (F. Puylaert). 4 ♀♀ in MRAC (221386), Faro Game Reserve [8 ° 24 ’ N, 12 ° 49 ’ E], in hut, 5 May 2007 (R. Jocqué et al.). CHAD: Logone Oriental: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, 3 juvs in MRAC (151455), Bébédjia, near Moundou [8 ° 40.6 ’ N, 16 ° 34.5 ’ E], 1 - 10 Jul. 1977 (G. Ruella). GABON: Haut Ogooué: 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11887), Mouanda (1 ° 32.3 ’ S, 13 ° 12.6 ’ E), 410 m a. s. l., in building, 20 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber). 2 ♂♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11888), Okondja (0 ° 39 ’ S, 13 ° 40.5 ’ E), 350 m a. s. l., in building, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Moyen-Ogooué: 1 ♂, 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 11889), Lambaréné (0 ° 42.2 ’ S, 10 ° 14.4 ’ E), 30 m a. s. l., at building, 27 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF93FF84845A1428FBB9FEBE.taxon	distribution	Of the ten species of Leptopholcus currently known from mainland Africa (Huber 2011 b; Huber & Kwapong 2013), six occur in Central Africa (Figs 22 - 23). Of these, four are endemic to Central Africa (L. dschang Huber, 2011; L. obo Huber, 2011; L. debakkeri Huber, 2011; L. gabonicus sp. nov.); the fifth [L. tipula (Simon, 1907)] occurs throughout the entire Guineo-Congolian rainforest (Huber 2011 b). The type species L. signifer Simon, 1893 was described from Central Africa (Cabinda, Angola) but its actual range is dubious (Huber 2011 b).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF92FF84869D170DFEDFFD5C.taxon	materials_examined	New records GABON: Ngounié: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11890), near Moulandoufouala (1 ° 38.1 ’ S, 10 ° 42.5 ’ E), 110 m a. s. l., forest along road, 27 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Ogooué-Lolo: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11891), forest near Lastoursville (0 ° 48.0 ’ S, 12 ° 44.4 ’ E), 300 m a. s. l., 21 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber); 1 ♀, 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 219), same data. Haut Ogooué: 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11892), forest at Lékoni River (1 ° 10.7 ’ S, 13 ° 32.3 ’ E), 305 m a. s. l., 18 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 211), same data. 3 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 111893), forest near Bongoville (1 ° 36.7 ’ S, 13 ° 57.4 ’ E), 600 - 650 m a. s. l., 20 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber); 1 ♀, 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 206), same data.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF92FF8487C914DDFCD5FCF6.taxon	distribution	Only the synanthropic M. fauroti (Simon, 1887) occurs in Central Africa (Huber 2011 b) (Fig. 24). It is probably more common than suggested by the few records.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF92FF84869D15A7FC90FBB3.taxon	materials_examined	New record GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 9 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11894), Makokou (0 ° 33.9 ’ N, 12 ° 50.7 ’ E), 520 m a. s. l., in building, 13 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF92FF84869D132BFD7DF9A8.taxon	discussion	Newly recorded for Central Africa [Fig. 24; Lessert’s (1938) record - sub Hedypsilus lawrencei - from Kananga, Congo D. R., is outside the area considered here].	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF92FF84869D132BFD7DF9A8.taxon	materials_examined	New records SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE: São Tomé: 1 ♂ in CAS, barricade wall S of Praia du Mutamba (0 ° 23.2 ’ N, 6 ° 35.7 ’ E), 3 May 2001 (J. M. Ledford). CONGO D. R.: Bas Congo: 1 ♀ in MRAC (128843), Mayombe, Luki [5 ° 39 ’ S, 13 ° 04 ’ E], in Cubitermes [Termitidae] nest, 20 Sep. 1956 (A. Bouillon).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF92FF8484A8127DFE82FB6B.taxon	distribution	Of this otherwise New World genus, only the pantropical M. culicinus (Simon, 1893) occurs in Africa. It is probably common throughout the region, but rare in collections due to its small size and cryptic lifestyle.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF92FF8484801069FD57F8FB.taxon	distribution	This only African (and probably only Old World) genus of the subfamily Ninetinae is widely distributed from Namibia to the Arabian Peninsula, including Madagascar (Huber 2000, 2002; Huber & El Hennawy 2007). The new species described below is the first representative of the genus (and subfamily) recorded from Central Africa (Fig. 25).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9DFF8B84821738FE50FE36.taxon	distribution	Nyikoa is a monotypic genus with the leaf-dwelling N. limbe Huber, 2007 widely distributed in the western subregions of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest (Upper and Lower Guinea) (Huber 2007, 2009; Huber & Kwapong 2013).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9DFF8A869D17E6FC61FC00.taxon	materials_examined	New records CAMEROON: Central Region: 1 ♀ in USNM, 6.5 km SSE of Yaounde (3 ° 48.4 ’ N, 11 ° 32.4 ’ E), Mbalmayo Rd., patch of forest, 715 m a. s. l., 8 Jan. 1992 (J. Coddington et al.). EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Bioko: 2 ♂♂ in CAS, Pico Basilé (3 ° 41.7 ’ N, 8 ° 52.3 ’ E), ca. 700 m a. s. l., at night, 17 Oct. 1998 (D. K. Dabney, D. Ubick). 1 ♀ in CAS, 3.5 km N of Luba (3 ° 28.9 ’ N, 8 ° 35.0 ’ E), swampy forest, 13 Oct. 1998 (M. Boko et al.). GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 6 ♂♂, 20 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11895), Monts de Belinga, forest near Mayebout (1 ° 06.7 ’ N, 13 ° 06.6 ’ E), 500 m a. s. l., 13 - 14 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 3 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 201), same data. 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 204), Monts de Belinga (0 ° 58.7 ’ N, 13 ° 11.5 ’ E), 860 m a. s. l., forest with large rocks, 13 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11896), near Djidji (0 ° 12.8 ’ N, 11 ° 49.3 ’ E), 470 m a. s. l., forest, 12 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 2 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 238), same data. 2 ♀♀ in USNM, Makokou, CNRS [0 ° 30.8 ’ N, 12 ° 48.2 ’ E; not 0 ° 04 ’ N, 12 ° 08 ’ E as on label], Sep. - Nov. 1976 (A. L. Rypstra). 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11897), near Mohoba Mozeye (0 ° 16.8 ’ N, 13 ° 20.9 ’ E), 510 m a. s. l., forest along road, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11898), N Tébé (0 ° 02.3 ’ S, 13 ° 40.9 ’ E), 550 m a. s. l., forest along brook, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Haut Ogooué: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 11899), forest at Lékoni River (1 ° 10.7 ’ S, 13 ° 32.3 ’ E), 305 m a. s. l., 18 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Ngounié: 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11900), Massif du Chaillu, ‘ site 3 ’, between Mimongo & Yéno (1 ° 38.1 ’ S, 11 ° 32.6 ’ E), 570 - 650 m a. s. l., forest, 26 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11901), near Moulandoufouala (1 ° 38.1 ’ S, 10 ° 42.5 ’ E), 110 m a. s. l., forest along road, 27 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 185), same data. CONGO D. R.: Bas Congo: ~ 45 ♂♂, 43 ♀♀ + juvs (8 vials) in MRAC (parts of 224303 - 307, 309 - 311), Luki Forest Reserve [5 ° 37.3 ’ S, 13 ° 05.9 ’ E], fogging in old secondary rainforest, 17 - 25 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 76 ♂♂, 47 ♀♀ + juvs (8 vials) in MRAC (parts of 224312 - 319), same data but fogging in primary rainforest, 26 Sept- 4 Oct. 2007; 7 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀ (6 vials) in MRAC (222207, 229, 994, 223096 part, 223123, 684), same locality, beating in old secondary rainforest, 17 - 25 Sep. 2007 (W. Hubau, D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 12 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, 2 juvs (9 vials) in MRAC (221533, 222026 part, 222061, 222798, 223635 part, 223587, 223732, 223819, 223831), same locality, beating in primary rainforest, 6 - 11 Nov. 2006, 26 Sep. - 3 Oct. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 1 ♂ in MRAC (221546), same locality, sieving, 7 Nov. 2006 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9CFF8A87EF15F2FAD6FB19.taxon	distribution	Pehrforsskalia includes three described species (Huber 2011 b). Only the widely distributed P. conopyga Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 occurs in Central Africa (Fig. 25).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9CFF8A869D1011FAE6F92E.taxon	materials_examined	New record CAMEROON: Southwest Region: 1 ♀ in ZMUC, Mt. Koupé above Nyasoso (4 ° 50 ’ N, 9 ° 41 ’ E), forest, 1200 - 1600 m a. s. l., 16 - 19 Feb. 1992 (C. E. Griswold, N. Scharff, C. Wanzie, S. Larcher, Masongo).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9CFF89869D10EFFD3DFD57.taxon	materials_examined	New records GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11902), Monts de Belinga, forest near Mayebout (1 ° 06.7 ’ N, 13 ° 06.6 ’ E), 500 m a. s. l., 13 - 14 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 196), same data. 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11903), Monts de Belinga, NE Makokou (0 ° 47.0 ’ N, 13 ° 08.3 ’ E), 530 m a. s. l., degraded forest along road, 15 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11904), Ivindo N. P. near Simintang (0 ° 32.2 ’ N, 12 ° 41.3 ’ E), 545 m a. s. l., forest, 16 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11905), near Djidji (0 ° 12.8 ’ N, 11 ° 49.3 ’ E), 470 m a. s. l., forest, 12 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Haut Ogooué: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 2 juvs in ZFMK (Ar 11906), forest above Canyon rose near Lékoni (1 ° 38.6 ’ S, 14 ° 17.5 ’ E), 600 m a. s. l., 19 Aug 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 210), same data. 9 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11907), forest at Lékoni River (1 ° 10.7 ’ S, 13 ° 32.3 ’ E), 305 m a. s. l., 18 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 ♀, 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 212), same data. 3 ♀♀, 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 11908), forest along Lékoni River (1 ° 34.6 ’ S, 14 ° 12.1 ’ E), 450 m a. s. l., 20 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Moyen-Ogooué: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11909), S Lambaréné near Tchad (0 ° 58.1 ’ S, 10 ° 22.7 ’ E), 165 m a. s. l., forest, 27 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ + juvs in ZFMK (Ar 11910), near Ndjolé, ‘ site 1 ’ (0 ° 09.0 ’ S, 10 ° 40.0 ’ E), 120 m a. s. l., forest near brook, 11 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 228), same data. Estuaire: 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 2 juvs in ZFMK (Ar 11911), forest near Sahoué, N Libreville (0 ° 34.6 ’ N, 9 ° 20.4 ’ E), 30 m a. s. l., 28 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 2 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 181), same data.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9CFF8A845C129AFDD1FA60.taxon	distribution	Of the 29 operational species groups in Pholcus identified in Huber (2011 b), only three occur in Central Africa: (1) the bamboutos group, with four of its nine species in Central Africa (Fig. 27; a fifth species, P. kakum Huber, 2009, is likely to occur in Lower Guinea but has not yet been documented from there); (2) the circularis group, which is largely endemic to the area considered here (Fig. 28; only P. leruthi occurs further west, in Congolia and East Africa); (3) the debilis group, which is largely endemic to the area considered here (Fig. 29; only P. baka ranges into Congolia). While the monophyly of the debilis group is well supported, the relationships within and among the other groups remain largely obscure (Huber 2011 b; Dimitrov et al. 2013).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9FFF89869D1515FBFEFC22.taxon	materials_examined	New record CAMEROON: Northwest Region: 2 ♂♂, 2 juvs in ZMUC, near Lake Oku (6 ° 12 ’ N, 10 ° 27 ’ E), forest at 2150 m a. s. l., 7 - 13 Feb. 1992 (C. Griswold, S. Larcher, N. Scharff, C. Wanzie).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9EFF88869D1742FC7CFD9E.taxon	discussion	Note The CAS has a single female specimen from Bioko (Pico Basilé) that may represent an additional (undescribed) species within the debilis group sensu Huber (2011 b).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9EFF8F869D14A3FBB2FEF7.taxon	materials_examined	New records GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11912), Monts de Belinga, forest near Mayebout (1 ° 06.7 ’ N, 13 ° 06.6 ’ E), 500 m a. s. l., 13 - 14 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11913), near Djidji (0 ° 12.8 ’ N, 11 ° 49.3 ’ E), 470 m a. s. l., forest, 12 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 ♀, 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 240), same data. 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 237), near Ntenkélé (0 ° 31.4 ’ N, 12 ° 31.5 ’ E), 550 m a. s. l., forest, 12. Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Moyen-Ogooué: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11914), near Ndjolé, ‘ site 1 ’ (0 ° 09.0 ’ S, 10 ° 40.0 ’ E), 120 m a. s. l., forest near brook, 11 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11915), near Ndjolé, ‘ site 2 ’ (0 ° 05.9 ’ S, 10 ° 52.4 ’ E), 140 m a. s. l., forest near brook, 11 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Estuaire: 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11916), forest near Sahoué, N Libreville (0 ° 34.6 ’ N, 9 ° 20.4 ’ E), 30 m a. s. l., 28 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 ♀, 2 juvs in pure ethanol in ZFMK (Gab 180), same data.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF99FF8F869D17A0FCADFDBD.taxon	discussion	Note The USNM has a single male specimen of a very similar undescribed species from Cameroon, SSE of Yaounde (Mbalmayo Road, 3 ° 48.4 ’ N, 11 ° 32.4 ’ E).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF99FF8F869D15D3FE76F84E.taxon	materials_examined	New records CAMEROON: Southwest Region: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, 3 juvs (2 vials) in BMNH, Mamfe [5 ° 45 ’ N, 9 ° 19 ’ E], in houses in clearing in forest, 13 Mar. - 30 Apr. 1933 (Percy Sladen Trust Exped., I. T. Sanderson). Unidentified locality: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 juvs (2 vials) in CAS, “ Mabete Victoria Div. ”, 24 May- 7 June 1949 (B. Malkin). EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Bioko: 1 ♀ in CAS, Malabo [3 ° 34.2 ’ N, 8 ° 46.8 ’ E], 16 - 22 Sep. 1998 (D. K. Dabney, D. Ubick). 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv. in CAS, Luba [3 ° 27.6 ’ N, 8 ° 33.0 ’ E], around buildings, 11 - 15 Oct. 1998 (M. Boko et al.). 1 ♀ in CAS, 5 km W of Luba (3 ° 27.9 ’ N, 8 ° 31.8 ’ E), cacao plantation with fig trees, 12 - 14 Oct. 1998 (D. K. Dabney, D. Ubick). Centro Sur (?): 1 ♀ in MRAC (170225), between Mibonde and Elon [~ 1.0 ° N, 10.0 ° E], rocky outcrop, by hand, 23 Jul. 1989 (M. Alderweireldt). 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ in MRAC (169989), Micomeseng [Mecomeseng, 2 ° 08.7 ’ N, 10 ° 37.0 ’ E], in house, by hand, 8 Jul. 1989 (M. Alderweireldt); 1 ♀, 1 juv. in MRAC (170155, 164), same data but 9 - 11 Jul. 1989, gardens. GABON: Estuaire: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11917), Libreville, Bas de Guegue (0 ° 25.8 ’ N, 9 ° 26.2 ’ E), 25 m a. s. l., in building, 29 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber). Haut Ogooué: 1 ♀, 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 11918), under bridge over Lékoni River (1 ° 34.6 ’ S, 14 ° 12.1 ’ E), 450 m a. s. l., 19 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11919), Okondja (0 ° 39 ’ S, 13 ° 40.5 ’ E), 350 m a. s. l., in building, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Ngounié: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11920), Mouila (1 ° 52.4 ’ S, 11 ° 03.3 ’ E), 80 m a. s. l., in building, 26 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Ogooué-Ivindo: 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11921), near Abébéa (~ 0 ° 09 ’ N, 11 ° 08 ’ E, 300 m a. s. l.), in building, 12 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Moyen Ogooué: 1 ♂ in MRAC (172778), Petit-Okano [0 ° 05 ’ S, 10 ° 57 ’ E], Sep. 1985 (J. M. Weill, A. Pauly). CONGO D. R.: Bas Congo: 4 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, juvs (13 vials) in MRAC (1170, 1206 - 13, 26833, 26835 - 45, 26847, 26848, 26850, 26851, 26886 - 89, 26916, 26917, 26918, 26920), Matadi [5 ° 49.3 ’ S, 13 ° 28.0 ’ E], Feb. 1937 (E. Dartevelle). 1 ♀ in MRAC (74564), Thysville [= Mbanza-Ngungu; 5 ° 15 ’ S, 14 ° 52 ’ E, ~ 600 m a. s. l.], 1953 (J. Sion).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF99FF8F84A114C0FCF8FC23.taxon	distribution	Physocyclus is a New World genus. Only the pantropical synanthropic P. globosus (Taczanowski, 1874) occurs in Central Africa (Fig. 30). It seems that this widespread species has not previously been recorded from the area considered here. Only Simon’s (1877) Pholcus claviger (transferred and synonymzed in Huber 2011 b) from “ Congo ” might be a previous record.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF98FF8E84AD1738FD2BFE6F.taxon	distribution	Quamtana is highly diverse in southern Africa, but a few species occur further north in tropical Africa (Huber 2003 c; Huber & Warui 2012; Huber & Kwapong 2013). In Central Africa, only Q. oku Huber, 2003 from Cameroon was previously known. The widespread Q. kitahurira Huber, 2003 (previously known from West and East Africa and from Angola) was expected to occur in Central Africa and is here newly reported for the region (Fig. 31).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF98FF8E869D1428FCC4FC19.taxon	materials_examined	New records CONGO D. R.: Bas Congo: 19 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, 2 juvs (9 vials) in MRAC (219851 part, 219850 part, 219855 part, 224312 part, 224313 part, 224314 part, 224315 part, 224317 part, 224319 part), Mayombe, Luki Forest Reserve [5 ° 37.3 ’ S, 13 ° 05.9 ’ E], fogging in primary rainforest, 4 - 13 Nov. 2006 and 26 Sep. – 4 Oct. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 1 ♀ in MRAC (220006), same locality, beating along trail near guest house, 14 Nov. 2006 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels); 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ (3 vials) in MRAC (224305 part, 224308 part, 224310 part), fogging in old secondary rainforest, 19 - 24 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). 1 ♂, 6 ♀♀ (2 vials) in MRAC (224301 part, 224302 part), fogging in young secondary rainforest, 14 - 16 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF98FF8D869D159BFC93FC88.taxon	materials_examined	New records CAMEROON: West Region: 13 ♂♂, 24 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11922), near Mbouda, Bamboutos (5 ° 37.3 ’ N, 10 ° 06.7 ’ E), 2100 m a. s. l., underside of leaves, 19 Apr. 2009 (B. A. & J. C. Huber); 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11923), same data, had died; 5 ♀♀, 6 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 153), same data. Northwest Region: 3 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 11924), near Bamenda, at Lake Awing (5 ° 51.7 ’ N, 10 ° 12.0 ’ E), 2100 m a. s. l., underside of leaves, 15 Apr. 2009 (B. A. & J. C. Huber); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, 5 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 109), same data. 1 ♂, 8 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11925), near Oku (6 ° 14.2 ’ N, 10 ° 31.5 ’ E), ~ 2200 m a. s. l., underside of leaves, 17 Apr. 2009 (B. A. & J. C. Huber); 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11926), same data, had died; 9 ♀♀, 8 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 85), same data. 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 118), near Oku, ‘ site 2 ’ (~ 6 ° 15 ’ N, 10 ° 30 ’ E), ~ 1800 m a. s. l., underside of banana leaves, 17 Apr. 2009 (B. A. & J. C. Huber). 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 88), at Lake Oku (6 ° 12.1 ’ N, 10 ° 27.6 ’ E), 2300 m a. s. l., underside of leaf, 16. Apr. 2009 (B. A. Huber). 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 121), near Lake Oku (6 ° 11.2 ’ N, 10 ° 27.9 ’ E), 2400 m a. s. l., underside of leaf, 16 Apr. 2009 (B. A. & J. C. Huber). 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (2 vials) in ZMUC, forest near Lake Oku (6 ° 12 ’ N, 10 ° 27 ’ E), 2150 m a. s. l., 7 - 13 Feb. 1992 (Griswold, Larcher, Scharff, Wanzie).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9BFF8C8459150AFCC8FB35.taxon	distribution	The Guineo-Congolian genus Smeringopina has its highest diversity in Central Africa (Huber 2013). Any Central African forest seems to contain one to three representatives of the genus, and places without known records have most probably never been searched adequately (Fig. 32). Of the 44 currently known species, 37 occur in the area considered here. Except for S. fon Huber, 2013 (which ranges into West Africa) all of them are endemic to Central Africa.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9AFF8C869B1041FEFAF82B.taxon	materials_examined	New records EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Bioko: 1 ♀ in CAS, Arena Blanca, 7 km N of Luba (3 ° 31.3 ’ N, 8 ° 35 ’ E), 14 Oct. 1998 (M. Boko et al.). CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Sangha-Mbare: 3 ♀♀, 1 juv. in CAS (9027099), Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki (2 ° 22.2 ’ N, 16 ° 10.3 ’ E), 360 m a. s. l., rainforest, beating low vegetation, 20 - 28 May 2001 (B. L. Fisher).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF9AFF8C845A12E6FC68F9D1.taxon	distribution	Smeringopus is currently the most species-rich African pholcid genus (55 species). It is widespread in Central Africa (Fig. 33), but only seven species are known from the area: the pantropical synanthropic S. pallidus (Blackwall, 1858), which is common in the area but whose previous records from Central Africa are all dubious; the widespread S. cylindrogaster (Simon, 1907), which covers at least the western subregions of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest (Upper and Lower Guinea) (Huber 2012), and its close relative S. luki Huber, 2012; the widespread S. lesserti Kraus, 1957, which covers at least the eastern subregions of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest (Lower Guinea and Congolia) (Huber 2012); and the three species of the thomensis group (S. thomensis Simon, 1907; S. mayombe Huber, 2012; S. principe Huber, 2012), all of which are small scale endemics (Huber 2012).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF85FF92869D17F5FB85FEF6.taxon	materials_examined	New records CAMEROON: Adamawa: ~ 5 ♂♂, 20 ♀♀, juvs (2 vials) in MRAC (141342, 343), Galim [7 ° 05.8 ’ N, 12 ° 28.5 ’ E], 13 - 20 Aug. 1971 (F. Puylaert). ~ 8 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, juvs (2 vials) in MRAC (141390, 392), Djohong [6 ° 50.2 ’ N, 14 ° 41.6 ’ E], 1 - 5 Sep. 1971 (F. Puylaert). West Region: 1 ♂ in MRAC (148377), Kounden [5 ° 42.2 ’ N, 10 ° 40.0 ’ E], 28 Dec. 1975 (F. Puylaert). GABON: Haut Ogooué: 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11927), Mouanda (1 ° 32.3 ’ S, 13 ° 12.6 ’ E), 410 m a. s. l., in building, 21 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber). 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 1 juv. in ZFMK (Ar 11928), Okondja (0 ° 39 ’ S, 13 ° 40.5 ’ E), 350 m a. s. l., in building, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Ogooué-Ivindo: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11929), Makokou (0 ° 33.9 ’ N, 12 ° 50.7 ’ E), 520 m a. s. l., in building, 15 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 ♀, 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 218), same data. CONGO D. R.: Kinshasa: 1 ♂ in MRAC (25673), “ Leopoldville ” [= Kinshasa, 4 ° 20 ’ S, 15 ° 19 ’ E], Jul. 1945 (Bureau); 2 ♀♀, 1 juv. in MRAC (59225 - 30), same locality, Feb. 1947 (E. Dartevelle). 1 ♀ in MRAC (26834), Matadi [5 ° 49.3 ’ S, 13 ° 28.0 ’ E], Feb. 1937 (E. Dartevelle).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF84FF92869D15CAFEA8FAE6.taxon	materials_examined	New record GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ 3 juvs in ZFMK (Ar 11930), Monts de Belinga, NE of Makokou (0 ° 47.0 ’ N, 13 ° 08.3 ’ E), 530 m a. s. l., degraded forest along road, 15 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); same data, 4 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 222).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF84FF92869D15CAFEA8FAE6.taxon	discussion	Note The new specimens are tentatively assigned to this species because the palps appear identical and the clypeus apophyses are at most minimally different (Figs 95 - 96). There is some slight difference in the color pattern but this has also been found among different populations in Ghana (Huber & Kwapong 2013).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF84FF92845C1419FDD8FC04.taxon	distribution	With currently 25 species, Spermophora is quite diverse in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, but only the widespread S. kyambura Huber & Warui, 2012 has previously been reported from Central Africa (Huber & Warui 2012). Three additional species are here reported from Central Africa (Fig. 34). Of these, S. abibae sp. nov. and S. akwamu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 are very similar to each other and to the West African S. dieke Huber, 2009. Spermophora awalai sp. nov. appears most similar to a group of East African species (node 5 in Appendix 4 in Huber 2003 a). A further undescribed species seems to occur on São Tomé and Príncipe (of Santo Antonio, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ deposited in CAS). Females from Cameroon (Mt. Etinde, 1 ♀ in USNM; near Oku, 1 ♀ in pure ethanol in ZFMK, Cam 117) might represent further undescribed species.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF84FF90869D102BFAD7FDA1.taxon	discussion	References to figures in upper case (“ Fig. ”) refer to illustrations herein; figures in lower case (“ fig. ”) have been published previously and are freely accessible online (at http: // www. pholcidae. de /). Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 is included as it probably occurs in Central Africa, even though we know of no records.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF86FF96847914A3FB3DF857.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 716 ECD 2 B- 4969 - 4 FF 5 - 9 A 36 - FA 7 CD 47 F 9 B 08 Figs 10, 20, 35 - 43	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF86FF96847914A3FB3DF857.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Distinguished from known congeners by shape of procursus (Figs 40, 41; distinctive distal elements); from A. atewa also by unpaired process on male clypeus (Figs 36, 42; paired in A. atewa); from other species also by more pointed apophyses frontally on male chelicerae (Fig. 42). Females in this genus are difficult to distinguish (except A. atewa, which has the epigynal pockets more anteriorly).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF86FF96847914A3FB3DF857.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named for Cameroonian filmmaker Daniel Kamwa (born 1943), director of the 1981 film Notre Fille.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF86FF96847914A3FB3DF857.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype ♂, in ZFMK (Ar 11931). Type locality CAMEROON, Northwest Region, near Bamenda, under trash and logs at roadside (6 ° 00.5 ’ N, 10 ° 18.1 ’ E), 1750 m a. s. l., 16 Apr. 2009 (B. A. Huber). Other material examined CAMEROON: Northwest Region: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11931), same data as and together with holotype; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 76), same data.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF86FF96847914A3FB3DF857.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 1.6, carapace width 0.60. Leg 1: 6.00 (1.50 + 0.20 + 1.63 + 1.90 + 0.77), tibia 2: 1.07, tibia 3: 0.80, tibia 4: 1.20; tibia 1 L / d: 23. Distance PME-PME 45 µm, diameter PME 60 µm, distance PME-ALE 20 µm; AME absent. COLOR. Carapace ochre-yellow with irregular internal black pigment, sternum light brown with median dark line and four pairs of posteriorly diverging lines (Fig. 36); legs ochre-yellow without distinct dark rings; abdomen ochre-gray, with distinct dark heart-mark and thin dark line above spinnerets, dorsally with some white internal spots. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 35; ocular area not elevated; carapace without median furrow; clypeus with rounded median process at rim (Fig. 42); sternum wider than long (0.48 / 0.36), unmodified. Chelicerae as in Fig. 42, with pair of lateral processes proximally and pair of pointed distal frontal apophyses without modified hairs; without stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 37 - 38 and 40 - 41, coxa unmodified, trochanter with short ventral apophysis, femur small, with prominent distal apophysis prolaterally, tibia very large, procursus complex, with pointed ventral process, sclerotized retrolateral area set with several stronger hairs, distinctive tip; bulb with only one process (embolus, curved in dorsal view towards prolaterally). LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 27 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 with ~ 10 pseudosegments. VARIATION. Tibia 1 in two other males: 1.37, 1.67. Female In general similar to male but clypeus unmodified; one female with darker chelicerae, clypeus, and sternum; tibia 1: 1.63 (missing in second female). Epigynum simple wide plate with pair of tiny pockets close together near posterior rim (Fig. 39), internal structures visible through cuticle; internal genitalia as in Fig. 43.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF86FF96847914A3FB3DF857.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from type locality in Cameroon only (Fig. 20). A poorly preserved male specimen from eastern Cameroon (Mbam near Koupoupi, MRAC 167.984) may also belong to this species.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF83FF9B840A1738FCADF894.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 3 CA 8906 E- 7688 - 405 E-AEDE- 0 A 365 C 40281 A Figs 1, 22, 44 - 52	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF83FF9B840A1738FCADF894.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Distinguished from only other Leptopholcus species known from Gabon [L. tipula (Simon, 1907); cf. figs 82 - 86 in Huber 2009] by shapes of uncus (Fig. 49; much wider in L. tipula, with narrower semitransparent flap), appendix (Fig. 49; short and wide in L. tipula), and procursus (Fig. 50; wider tip in L. tipula); females of these two species are not easily distinguished. Distinguished from L. obo Huber, 2011 (São Tomé and Príncipe) by shapes of trochanter apophysis, procursus, uncus, appendix, and longer epigynum (cf. figs 324 - 327 in Huber 2011 b); from other Central African species (L. dschang Huber, 2011; L. signifer Simon, 1893; L. debakkeri Huber, 2011) by absence of clypeus modification in male (Fig. 45).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF83FF9B840A1738FCADF894.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named for the country of Gabon, where this species is endemic.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF83FF9B840A1738FCADF894.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype ♂, in ZFMK (Ar 11932). Type locality GABON, Ogooué-Ivindo, Monts de Belinga, forest near Mayebout (1 ° 06.7 ’ N, 13 ° 06.6 ’ E), 500 m a. s. l., 13 - 14 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Other material examined GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11933), same data as holotype; 2 ♀♀, 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 160, 200), same data. 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11934), near Mohoba Mozeye (0 ° 16.8 ’ N, 13 ° 20.9 ’ E), 510 m a. s. l., forest along road, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 170), same data. Moyen-Ogooué: 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11935), near Ndjolé, ‘ site 2 ’ (0 ° 05.9 ’ S, 10 ° 52.4 ’ E), 140 m a. s. l., forest near brook, 11 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11936), near Ndjolé, ‘ site 1 ’ (0 ° 09.0 ’ S, 10 ° 40.0 ’ E), 120 m a. s. l., forest near brook, 11 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 229), same data. Estuaire: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11937), Monts de Cristal, near Kinguélé (0 ° 27.8 ’ N, 10 ° 16.7 ’ E), 100 m a. s. l., forest, 10 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 2 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 190), same data.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF83FF9B840A1738FCADF894.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 6.0, carapace width 0.77. Leg 1: 33.4 (8.5 + 0.4 + 7.7 + 13.3 + 3.5), tibia 2: 5.8, tibia 3: 3.8, tibia 4: 6.4; tibia 1 L / d: 116. Distance PME-PME 290 µm, diameter PME 80 µm, distance PME-ALE 25 µm, AME absent. COLOR. Entire animal pale whitish to ochre-yellow, only patella area and tibia-metatarsus joints darker. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 44; ocular area not elevated, each triad on low hump; carapace without median furrow; clypeus unmodified; sternum wider than long (0.64 / 0.46), unmodified. Chelicerae as in Fig. 51, with pair of small lateral processes barely visible in dissecting microscope; without stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 46 - 47 and 49 - 50, coxa unmodified, trochanter with ventral apophysis with serrated tip, femur with large ventral hump and small retrolateral process proximally, procursus rather simple, with two membranous ventral processes, one arising from ventral ‘ knee’, the other more distally; bulb with weakly sclerotized embolus, rod-shaped appendix with small scales, uncus consisting of sclerotized part with small scales and lighter dorsal flap. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 3 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 pseudosegments not seen. VARIATION. Tibia 1 in 6 other males: 7.1 - 7.7 (mean 7.3). Female In general similar to male; tibia 1 in 6 females: 6.2 - 7.0 (mean 6.6). Epigynum very simple, weakly sclerotized plate, without ‘ knob’, internal structures visible through cuticle (Fig. 48); internal genitalia as in Fig. 52.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF83FF9B840A1738FCADF894.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history All specimens were found on the undersides of leaves.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF83FF9B840A1738FCADF894.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from various localities in Gabon (Fig. 22).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8CFF9884551738FBA1F913.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: C 0 D 5 E 7 FB-BB 45 - 4921 - BCBE- 75 FC 4197 FF 02 Figs 25, 53 - 62	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8CFF9884551738FBA1F913.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Easily distinguished from most known congeners (especially from N. subtilissima Simon, 1890 which has a similar male palp) by shape of male cheliceral apophyses (Figs 60 - 61); from N. russellsmithi Huber, 2002 (which has similar male chelicerae) by shorter embolus and presence of procursus (Figs 58 - 59). From other species by shapes of bulbal projections (both projections of same length in N. toliara Huber & El Hennawy, 2007) or by shape of procursus (larger and not pointed in N. minuta (Berland, 1919) and N. namibiae Huber, 2000). Females are not easily distinguished (epigynum wider in N. namibiae, narrower in N. minuta; similar in other species).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8CFF9884551738FBA1F913.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name is a noun in apposition, derived from the type locality.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8CFF9884551738FBA1F913.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype ♂, in MRAC (221178). Type locality CAMEROON, North Region, Faro Game Reserve [8 ° 24 ’ N, 12 ° 49 ’ E], pitfall in gallery forest, 5 May 2007 (R. Jocqué, K. Loosveldt, L. Baert, M. Alderweireldt). Other material examined CAMEROON: North Region: 1 ♂ in MRAC (221178), same data as and together with holotype; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (2 vials) in MRAC (221136, 221208), same data but pitfall in wooded savanna, 3 - 4 May 2007. 1 ♀ in MRAC (221401), same data but sieving in gallery forest, 17 Apr. 2007. 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in MRAC (221463), Hossere Gare [8 ° 30 ’ N, 13 ° 08 ’ E], sieving of litter among rocks, 4 May 2007 (Jocqué, Loosveldt, Baert, Alderweireldt).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8CFF9884551738FBA1F913.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 1.2, carapace width 0.50. Leg 1: 2.96 (0.80 + 0.20 + 0.80 + 0.73 + 0.43), tibia 2: 0.67, tibia 3: 0.50, tibia 4: 0.80; tibia 1 L / d: 12. Distance PME-PME 35 µm, diameter PME 40 µm, distance PME-ALE 25 µm, diameter AME 20 µm, distance AME-AME 20 µm. COLOR. Entire animal ochre-yellow to ochre-grey. BODY. Habitus as in Figs 53 - 54; ocular area not elevated; carapace without median furrow; clypeus more sclerotized at rim and medially slightly protruding; sternum about as wide as long (0.38 / 0.37), with distinct humps near leg coxae 1. Chelicerae as in Figs 60 - 61, with distinctive pair of frontal apophyses; with very fine stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 55 - 56 and 58 - 59, coxa and trochanter unmodified, femur with small retrolatero-ventral apophysis, tarsus with small pointed procursus; bulb with long ventral process and short membranous dorsal embolus. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 67 %; prolateral trichobothrium apparently absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 with ~ 6 pseudosegments. VARIATION. Tibia 1 in 5 other males: 0.63 - 0.73 (mean 0.69). Female In general similar to male but clypeus, sternum, and chelicerae unmodified; tibia 1 in 5 females: 0.50 - 0.60 (mean 0.53). Epigynum simple oval sclerotized area consisting of large anterior and smaller posterior plate; internal structures poorly visible through cuticle (Fig. 57); unclear if complex internal structures are part of anterior plate (as appears in dorsal view; Fig. 62) or posterior plate (as appears in ventral view); anterior plate with transversal ridge apparently connected to median pocket. Pore plates not seen (Fig. 62).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8CFF9884551738FBA1F913.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from two localities in the North Region of Cameroon (Fig. 25).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8EFF9C8449109DFC5BFD60.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: C 721 A 4 A 8 - 5 D 18 - 467 B-A 433 - 7 E 526 A 641082 Figs 12 - 13, 27, 63 - 74	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8EFF9C8449109DFC5BFD60.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Distinguished from P. moca Huber, 2011 (the most similar species and probably closest known relative) by shape of procursus (longer retrolateral process; absence of distinct ridge between retrolateral process and tip; compare Fig. 70 with fig. 946 in Huber 2011 b); also by shape of uncus (not bilobed as in P. moca), presence of proximal frontal processes on male chelicerae and slightly different shape of epigynal plate (narrower in P. moca; compare Fig. 64 with fig. 921 in Huber 2011 b).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8EFF9C8449109DFC5BFD60.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named for the Punu (or Bapunu, Bapounou), one of the four major peoples of Gabon; noun in apposition.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8EFF9C8449109DFC5BFD60.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype ♂, in ZFMK (Ar 11938). Type locality GABON, Haut Ogooué, forest above Canyon rose near Lékoni (1 ° 38.6 ’ S, 14 ° 17.5 ’ E), 600 m a. s. l., 19 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Other material examined GABON: Haut Ogooué: 2 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11939), same data as holotype; 2 ♀♀, 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 209), same data. 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11940), forest at Lékoni River (1 ° 10.7 ’ S, 13 ° 32.3 ’ E), 305 m a. s. l., 18 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 ♀, 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 213), same data. 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11941), forest near Bongoville (1 ° 36.7 ’ S, 13 ° 57.4 ’ E), 600 - 650 m a. s. l., 20 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber); 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 207), same data. Ogooué-Ivindo: 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11942), near Mohoba Mozeye (0 ° 16.8 ’ N, 13 ° 20.9 ’ E), 510 m a. s. l., forest along road, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 2 ♀♀, 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 169), same data. Ogooué-Lolo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11943), forest at brook near Lastoursville, near Grotte de Pahon Pira (0 ° 48.8 ’ S, 12 ° 45.2 ’ E), 290 m a. s. l., 22 - 23 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber). 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11944), forest near Lastoursville (0 ° 48.0 ’ S, 12 ° 44.4 ’ E), 300 m a. s. l., 21 Aug. 2011 (B. A. Huber); 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 221), same data. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11945), near Moudouma (1 ° 23.5 ’ S, 12 ° 09.6 ’ E), 475 m a. s. l., forest along brook, 24 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 1 juv in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 157), same data. Ngounié: 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11946), Massif du Chaillu, ‘ site 2 ’, near Moukabou (1 ° 36.6 ’ S, 11 ° 40.7 ’ E), 560 m a. s. l., forest, 25 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 174), same data. 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11947), Massif du Chaillu, ‘ site 3 ’, between Mimongo & Yéno (1 ° 38.1 ’ S, 11 ° 32.6 ’ E), 570 - 650 m a. s. l., forest, 26 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 233), same data. 1 ♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11948), Massif du Chaillu, ‘ site 4 ’, between Yéno and Mouila (1 ° 43.7 ’ S, 11 ° 18.4 ’ E), 650 m a. s. l., forest along river, 26 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). 3 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11949), near Moulandoufouala (1 ° 38.1 ’ S, 10 ° 42.5 ’ E), 110 m a. s. l., forest along road, 27 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 4 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 184), same data. Moyen-Ogooué: 3 ♂♂ in ZFMK (Ar 11950), S of Lambaréné near Tchad (0 ° 58.1 ’ S, 10 ° 22.7 ’ E), 165 m a. s. l., forest, 27 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8EFF9C8449109DFC5BFD60.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 3.0, carapace width 0.9. Leg 1: 27.0 (6.4 + 0.4 + 6.5 + 11.5 + 2.2), tibia 2: 4.5, tibia 3: 2.7, tibia 4: 4.1; tibia 1 L / d: 82. Distance PME-PME 265 µm, diameter PME 95 µm, distance PME-ALE 45 µm, AME absent (only black spots without lenses). COLOR. Carapace ochre-orange with large brown median mark, ocular area also brown, sternum medially slightly darkened; legs with dark rings on femora subdistally, patellae plus tibiae proximally, and tibiae subdistally; abdomen grey with internal black and whitish spots dorsally and laterally. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 63; ocular area slightly elevated, each triad on short hump directed laterally; carapace without median furrow; clypeus unmodified; sternum wider than long (0.66 / 0.52), unmodified. Chelicerae as in Fig. 72, with pair of lateral processes proximally, pair of frontal apophyses proximally, and pair of frontal apophyses distally provided with two modified hairs each; without stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 66 - 71, coxa unmodified, trochanter with short and wide retrolatero-ventral apophysis, femur with short retrolatero-dorsal process proximally, procursus complex, with distinctive sclerotized and membranous elements; bulb with large uncus, simple weakly sclerotized embolus, and hooked appendix. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 3 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 with> 20 pseudosegments, only distally fairly distinct. VARIATION. Tibia 1 in 22 other males: 6.7 - 8.8 (mean 7.9). Clypeus variably dark; AME spots sometimes fused. In most males the palps are extended and the bulbs rotated as in Fig. 71. Female In general similar to male; tibia 1 in 36 females: 5.3 - 7.1 (mean 6.3). Epigynum with distinct plate and ‘ knob’, anterior area weakly sclerotized, ‘ valve’ and other internal structures visible through cuticle (Fig. 64); internal genitalia as in Figs 65 and 73 - 74.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8EFF9C8449109DFC5BFD60.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history The spiders were mostly found in the leaf litter and in cavities in the ground (Fig. 12), sometimes sharing the microhabitat with a representative of Smeringopina (e. g. S. moudouma Huber, 2013 in forest near Lastoursville; S. fang Huber, 2013 between Yéno and Mouila; S. lekoni Huber, 2013 at Lékoni River). The two specimens from Moudouma were found at the rock surface (Fig. 13) close to a small brook.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8EFF9C8449109DFC5BFD60.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from various localities in Gabon south of the Ogooué-Ivindo Rivers (Fig. 27; the closely related P. moca Huber, 2011 seems to be confined to the north of these rivers).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8AFFA184761512FCFAFBB1.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 54111 E 6 C- 353 C- 45 DC-B 72 C-AC 7 D 01382709 Figs 14 - 15, 28, 75 - 83	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8AFFA184761512FCFAFBB1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Easily distinguished from known congeners by morphology of male palp (large trochanter apophysis; ventral femur apophyses; procursus with distal hinged sclerite strongly bent towards prolateral; bent embolus with spine-like processes; shape of appendix; Figs 80 - 81); from putative close relatives (bamboutos and circularis species groups) also by distinctive pattern on carapace (Fig. 75; transversal band on carapace; compare with figs. 892 - 918 in Huber 2011 b), and by female external and internal genitalia (narrow sclerotized rim and distinctive shape of ‘ valve’; long pore plates; Figs 76, 83).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8AFFA184761512FCFAFBB1.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named for Gabonese novelist Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954 – 2010).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8AFFA184761512FCFAFBB1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype ♂, in ZFMK (Ar 11951). Type locality GABON, Ogooué-Ivindo, near Mohoba Mozeye (0 ° 16.8 ’ N, 13 ° 20.9 ’ E), 510 m a. s. l., forest along road, 17 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber). Other material examined GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 2 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11951), same data as and together with holotype. 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11952), Monts de Belinga, forest near Mayebout (1 ° 06.7 ’ N, 13 ° 06.6 ’ E), 500 m a. s. l., 13 - 14 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber); 2 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 199), same data. Estuaire: 1 ♀, 3 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Gab 191), Monts de Cristal, between Tchimbélé and Kinguélé (0 ° 33.8 ’ N, 10 ° 18.8 ’ E), 520 m a. s. l., forest near river, 10 Aug. 2011 (B. A. & S. R. Huber).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8AFFA184761512FCFAFBB1.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 5.0, carapace width 1.4. Leg 1: 39.1 (9.6 + 0.5 + 9.3 + 17.5 + 2.2), tibia 2: 6.4, tibia 3: 4.2, tibia 4: 6.0; tibia 1 L / d: 62. Distance PME-PME 365 µm, diameter PME 140 µm, distance PME-ALE 45 µm, diameter AME 90 µm, distance AME-AME 70 µm. COLOR. Carapace ochre-yellow with distinctive dark pattern, clypeus not darkened, sternum with darker brown margins; legs with distinct dark rings on femora subdistally, patellae plus tibiae proximally, tibiae subdistally, and metatarsi proximally, tips of femora and tibiae lighter; abdomen dorsally and laterally with internal black marks. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 75; ocular area slightly elevated, each triad on short hump directed laterally; carapace without median furrow; clypeus unmodified; sternum wider than long (0.92 / 0.70), unmodified. Chelicerae as in Fig. 82, with pair of small lateral processes proximally, directed slightly towards posterior, pair of low frontal humps, and pair of distal frontal apophyses provided with two modified hairs each; without stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 77 - 81, coxa unmodified, trochanter with very large ventral apophysis, weakly sclerotized and distally curved towards prolateral, femur with one small and one larger distinctive ventral projection, procursus with distinctive hinged process distally strongly curved towards prolateral; bulb with long proximal sclerite, strongly bent embolus provided with several spine-like processes and distal fringes, without uncus, appendix with weakly sclerotized basal process. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 4 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 with> 20 pseudosegments, only distally fairly distinct. VARIATION. Not seen. Tibiae 1 missing in other males. Female In general similar to male; tibia 1 in 5 females: 6.6 - 8.1 (mean 7.2). Epigynum with narrow sclerotized rim posteriorly, median ‘ knob’, anterior area weakly sclerotized, ‘ valve’ visible through cuticle (Fig. 76); internal genitalia as in Fig. 83.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8AFFA184761512FCFAFBB1.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history Most specimens were found at tree trunks, with their bodies and legs tightly pressed against the bark and thus barely visible (Figs 14 - 15).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FF8AFFA184761512FCFAFBB1.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from three localities in northern Gabon (Fig. 28).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB7FFA684601262FCF1FA1B.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 85 A 657 B 7 - 245 E- 4943 - 881 F-A 86 BEC 8 B 934 A Figs 34, 84 - 96	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB7FFA684601262FCF1FA1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Distinguished from the very similar S. dieke Huber, 2009 and S. akwamu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 by bifid process on male clypeus (Figs 85, 92; only one median process in S. dieke; two processes in S. akwamu; cf. Figs 94 - 96), and by pore plates in female internal genitalia (Fig. 93; longer and in different position than in S. dieke and S. akwamu).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB7FFA684601262FCF1FA1B.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species name commemorates the 11 - year old girl, who was purchased for six handkerchiefs by James Jameson, a member of Henry Stanley’s Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, who gave her to cannibals so he could watch her being killed, cooked and eaten. Her name is not known. Abiba is an African name, meaning beloved.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB7FFA684601262FCF1FA1B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype ♂, in MRAC (separated from 224303). Type locality CONGO D. R., Bas Congo, Mayombe, Luki Forest Reserve [5 ° 37.3 ’ S, 13 ° 05.9 ’ E], fogging in old secondary rainforest, 17 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). Other material examined CONGO D. R.: Bas Congo: 7 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ in MRAC (224303 part), same data as holotype; 80 ♂♂, 107 ♀♀, juvs (8 vials) in MRAC (224304 - 11 part), same data but 18 - 25 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). 18 ♂♂, 29 ♀♀, juvs (11 vials) in MRAC (219850 part, 219852 - 54 part, 224312 - 17 part, 224319 part), same locality, fogging in primary rainforest, 4 - 12 Nov. 2006 and 26 Sep. - 4 Oct. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). 1 ♀ in MRAC (219999), same locality, beating along trail near guest house, 14 Nov. 2006 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (7 vials) in MRAC (222026 part, 222062, 223589, 223605 part, 223616, 223628 part, 223635 part), same locality, beating in primary rainforest, 6 - 10 Nov. 2006 and 27 Sep. - 3 Oct. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). 4 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, juvs (5 vials) in MRAC (222167, 222190 part, 222994 part, 223457 part, 223679 part), same locality, beating in old secondary rainforest, 18 - 23 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ in MRAC (221619), same locality, beating along trail in planted and regenerated forest near guest house, 9 Nov. 2006 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels). 2 juvs in MRAC (223113 part), same locality, beating in young secondary forest, 16 Sep. 2007 (D. De Bakker, J. P. Michiels).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB7FFA684601262FCF1FA1B.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 2.1, carapace width 0.7. Leg 1: 4.7 + 0.3 + 4.8 + 7.9, tarsus missing, tibia 2: 2.7, tibia 3: 1.8, tibia 4: 2.7; tibia 1 L / d: 68. Distance PME-PME 135 µm, diameter PME 80 µm, distance PME-ALE 25 µm, AME absent. COLOR. Carapace pale ochre-yellow with narrow black margins and indistinct median line (Fig. 84), ocular area and clypeus with dark pattern, sternum whitish (Fig. 89), legs ochre-yellow, with indistinct dark rings subdistally on femora and tibiae, abdomen mostly pale gray, with distinct dark pattern dorsally and laterally, ventrally only pair of marks at booklung covers. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 84; ocular area slightly elevated, each triad on low hump; carapace without median furrow (only dark line); clypeus with distinctive bifid process, about 120 µm long (Figs 85, 92); sternum wider than long (0.52 / 0.44), unmodified. Chelicerae as in S. dieke and S. akwamu (cf. fig. 89 in Huber & Kwapong 2013), with pair of weakly sclerotized processes proximally, distally without modification, without stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 86 - 88, apparently indistinguishable from S. dieke and S. akwamu; coxa with indistinct ventral process, trochanter with long ventral and shorter retrolateral apophyses, procursus with ventral sclerotized flap, prolatero-dorsal hinged process and thin distal flagellum; bulb with hooked apophysis and long weakly sclerotized embolus. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 10 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae. VARIATION. Tibia 1 in 30 other males: 4.8 - 5.9 (mean 5.3), in one exceptional but otherwise indistinguishable male: 3.0. Female In general similar to male but sternum in most females dark brown or black (Fig. 90), clypeus unmodified, carapace with small median process acting against indistinct sclerotized plate above pedicel. Tibia 1 in 30 females: 3.7 - 4.9 (mean 4.3). Epigynum simple rectangular plate, anteriorly with dark transversal internal structure, without pockets (Fig. 91); internal genitalia as in Fig. 93.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB7FFA684601262FCF1FA1B.taxon	biology_ecology	Relationships Judging from the very similar morphology (including the most probably derived median process on the female carapace), this species is probably closely related to S. dieke from Guinea and the Guineo-Congolian S. akwamu.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB7FFA684601262FCF1FA1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from type locality in Congo D. R. only (Fig. 34).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB0FFAB84601394FB0DFB76.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 0 F 2 AB 0 B 0 - 5 E 64 - 4 F 4 E- 9 C 10 - D 62 EBE 8 BEAFA Figs 5 - 6, 34, 97 - 107	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB0FFAB84601394FB0DFB76.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Easily distinguished from most congeners by procursus (Figs 102 - 103; strongly bent towards ventral; with large hinged ventral process); from similar (East African) species (S. morogoro Huber, 2003; S. usambara Huber, 2003; S. masisiwe Huber, 2003; cf. figs 222, 239, 245 in Huber 2003 b) by long apophyses on male chelicerae (Figs 104 - 105); from these and other congeners also by distinctive pair of round structures with concentric rings in female internal genitalia (Figs 98, 106).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB0FFAB84601394FB0DFB76.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named for the Cameroonian writer Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932 - 2001), known as Mongo Beti.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB0FFAB84601394FB0DFB76.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype ♂, in ZFMK (Ar 11953). Type locality CAMEROON, Southwest Region, near Dschang, Attuleh, ‘ site 2 ’ (5 ° 27.9 ’ N, 9 ° 56.5 ’ E), 1800 m a. s. l., underside of leaves, 20 Apr. 2009 (B. A. & J. C. Huber). Other material examined CAMEROON: Southwest Region: 7 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11954), same data as holotype; 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 125), same data. 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11955), near Dschang, Attuleh, ‘ site 1 ’ (5 ° 27.7 ’ N, 9 ° 56.5 ’ E), 1880 m a. s. l., underside of leaves, 20 Apr. 2009 (B. A. & J. C. Huber); 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 128), same data. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11956), Mt. Koupé above Nyasoso (4 ° 49.6 ’ N, 9 ° 41.1 ’ E), ~ 1600 m a. s. l., near ground, 23 Apr. 2009 (B. A. Huber); 3 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 145), same data. Centre Region: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 11957), near Yaoundé, Mt. Kala (3 ° 51.0 ’ N, 11 ° 20.3 ’ E), 730 m a. s. l., underside of leaves, 14 Apr. 2009 (B. A. Huber); 2 ♀♀, 2 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK (Cam 106), same data.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB0FFAB84601394FB0DFB76.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 2.2, carapace width 0.8. Leg 1: 21.5 (5.2 + 0.3 + 5.2 + 7.9 + 2.9), tibia 2: 3.3, tibia 3: 2.0, tibia 4: 2.9; tibia 1 L / d: 73. Distance PME-PME 220 µm, diameter PME 95 µm, distance PME-ALE 35 µm, absent. COLOR. Carapace ochre-yellow with black lateral margins and light brown median mark (Fig. 97), ocular area with dark band between eye triads, clypeus with a few black spots, sternum whitish, legs ochreyellow, with black spots on femora proximally, black patellae and tibia-metatarsus joints, dark rings subdistally on femora and tibiae (unusually far from tip), abdomen ochre gray with black marks dorsally and laterally. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 97; ocular area barely elevated, each triad on low hump; carapace without median furrow; clypeus unmodified; sternum wider than long (0.58 / 0.42), unmodified. Chelicerae as in Figs 104 - 105, with pair of proximal lateral apophyses and long frontal apophyses provided with three modified hairs each at tips, without stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 100 - 103, coxa unmodified, trochanter with short retrolatero-ventral apophysis, femur unmodified, procursus strongly bent towards ventral, with complex tip and large ventral hinged process; bulb with long, weakly sclerotized embolus and short, hooked apophysis. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 8 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae. Tarsus 1 with> 20 pseudosegments, only distally fairly distinct. VARIATION. Tibia 1 in 12 other males: 4.1 - 5.5 (mean 4.9). Some specimens with additional indistinct dark ring on each femur and tibia. Female In general similar to male; tibia 1 in 10 females: 3.6 - 4.6 (mean 4.2). Epigynum light brown area with pair of distinctive internal structures with concentric rings visible through cuticle (Figs 98, 106), with median pocket between epigynum and spinnerets; internal genitalia as in Figs 99 and 107.	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
038C87B3FFB0FFAB84601394FB0DFB76.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from several localities in Southwest and Centre Regions, Cameroon (Fig. 34).	en	Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall, Jacques Francois Mavoungou (2014): Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81): 1-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernhard_Huber/publication/265864695_Pholcid_spiders_from_the_Lower_Guinean_region_of_Central_Africa_an_overview_with_descriptions_of_seven_new_species_Araneae_Pholcidae/links/541ff0df0cf241a65a1ae4f6/Pholcid-spiders-from-the-Lower-Guinean-region-of-Central-Africa-an-overview-with-descriptions-of-seven-new-species-Araneae-Pholcidae.pdf
