taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FB8670D543674FFF48FB255343F9B0.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Loxosceles rufecens (Dufour, 1820).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D543674FFF48FB255343F9B0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Loxosceles ARE HApLOGYNE SpIdERS WITH SIx EYES IN THREE dIAdS IN A REcURvEd TRANSvERSE ROW; cHELIcERAE WITHOUT A bOSS, LINkEd ON THE INNER SIdE OvER HALf THEIR LENGTH WITH A MEMbRANE ANd WITH THE cHELIcERAL LAMINA ApEx bIfId; TWO TARSAL cLAWS WITH A SINGLE SERIES Of TEETH; fEMALE pEdIpALp WITHOUT A cLAW; MAjOR AMpULLATE GLANd SpIGOT WITH A SLIT-LIkE OpENING, pOSTERIOR MEdIAN SpINNERETS LAck SpIGOTS ANd pOSTERIOR LATERAL SpINNERETS WITH A SETAL pIT WITH MOdIfIEd SETAE; fEMALE cOpULATORY ORGAN HApLOGYNE WITH ONE bROAd GONOpORE LEAdING TO TWO STORAGE REcEpTAcLES; MALE pALpS WITH A SIMpLE bULb THAT LAckS A HEMATOdOcHA ANd EMbOLUS A THIN TUbE WITHOUT AccESSORY STRUcTURES.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674DFF48FF575114FCD9.taxon	description	Types. SOUTH AfRIcA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM WESTERN CApE, AAN HET BERG, CEdERbERG, 32 ° 17 ’ S, 18 ° 32 ’ E, 257 M, E. NORTjE & S. KRITzINGER-KLOppER LEG., 6. X. 2005 (AcAT 2012 / 2859).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674DFF48FF575114FCD9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674DFF48FF575114FCD9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. FEMALE dIffERS fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THE TWO, LONG ANd cURvEd, cOpULATORY TUbES bEING Of NOTIcEAbLY dIffERENT LENGTHS (FIG. 20).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674DFF48FF575114FCD9.taxon	description	Description. Female: (N = 1): TL = 7.0; CL = 2.9; CW = 2.6; CLL = 0.4. AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO ANTERIOR pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, WHIcH ARE NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES; vENTRAL cOpULATORY TUbES MUcH SHORTER THAN dORSAL TUbES (FIG. 20). LEG fORMULA IV: II: I: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.9, pATELLA 0.9, TIbIA 6.2, METATARSUS 5.9, TARSUS 1.3, TOTAL 20.2; II: 6.6, 0.9, 5.1, 5.8, 1.2, 22.0; III: 5.7, 0.9, 5.1, 5.8, 1.2, 18.7; IV: 6.6, 0.9, 6.2, 7.1, 1.9, 22.7. PALp: fEMUR 0.9, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 2.9. Male: UNkNOWN. Natural History. COLLEcTEd IN pITfALL TRApS IN FYNbOS.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674DFF48FF575114FCD9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY (FIG. 39).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674AFF48FC4A509CFF3A.taxon	description	Types. SOUTH AfRIcA: WESTERN CApE PROvINcE, ♀ HOLOTYpE, GAMkASkLOOf NATURE RESERvE, 33 ° 22 ’ S, 21 ° 42 ’ E, 9. V. 1996, M. dE JAGER LEG. (AcAT 96 / 590). PARATYpES. EASTERN CApE PROvINcE, 1 ♂, 5 ♀ MIddELbURG, 31 ° 30 ’ S, 25 ° 01 ’ E, 15. III. 1990, 1. III. 1999, 7. II. 2006, 3. III. 2004, M. dE JAGER LEG. (AcAT 99 / 69, 2007 / 1062) (MNBA 976, 9050, 9593); 1 ♀ AND 2 IMM., WILLOWMORE, UITSPAN, 33 ° 31 ’ S, 23 ° 42 ’ E, 27 – 28. II. 2008, L. N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 11580); NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, VICTORIA WEST, BIESjIESFONTEIN, 31 ° 24 ’ S, 23 ° 07 ’ E, 9. X. 1989, R. CONROY LEG., 14. X. 1997, A. LEROY LEG. (ACAT 91 / 448, 2007 / 1620); WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, 3 ♀, GAMKASKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, DIE HEL, 33 ° 22 ’ S, 21 ° 42 ’ E, 1. VIII. 2002, Z. VAN DER WALT LEG. (ACAT 2 002 / 20); 1 ♂, PRINCE ALBERT, SWARTbERG PASS, 33 ° 21 ’ S, 22 ° 03 ’ E, 24. I. 2004, M. dE JAGER LEG. (NMBA 10307).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674AFF48FC4A509CFF3A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A MATRONYM fOR MARIE dE JAGER, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674AFF48FC4A509CFF3A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. FEMALE MOST SIMILAR TO L. simillima (FIG. 33); dIffERS fROM THIS SpEcIES IN bOTH cOpULATORY TUbES bEING WAvY. FEMALE cOpULATORY TUbES pROcEEd MEdIALLY ENdING IN SMALL ROUNd SpERMATHEcAE (FIG. 21). MALE pALpAL TIbIA ALMOST AS LONG AS cYMbIUM ANd cYMbIUM NOT MUcH LONGER THAN pULp bULb, MOST SIMILAR TO L. spinulosa (FIG. 17); dIffERING IT IN THE EMbOLUS bEING ROUNdEd ANd NOT SHARp EdGEd ON THE bASAL RIdGE (FIG. 2).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D541674AFF48FC4A509CFF3A.taxon	description	Description. Female: (N = 10): TL = 6.45 (5.1 – 8.7); CL = 2.80 (2.2 – 3.7); CW = 2.55 (2.1 – 3.5); CLL = 0.37 (0.30 – 0.45). AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, SHORT, MEdIALLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES (FIG. 21). LEG fORMULA IV: II: I: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 6.9, pATELLA 1.1, TIbIA 6.8, METATARSUS 6.7, TARSUS 1.4, TOTAL 22.9; II: 7.3, 1.2, 7.5, 7.7, 1.4, 25.1; III: 6.5, 1.1, 5.8, 6.5, 1.2, 21.1; IV: 7.5, 1.1, 7.0, 8.2, 1.4, 25.2. PALp: fEMUR 1.0, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.8, cYMbIUM 1.2, TOTAL 3.4. Male: (N = 3): TL = 4.67 (3.6 – 5.5); CL = 2.60 (2.0 – 3.2); CW = 2.53 (2.0 – 3.0); CLL = 0.35 (0.3 – 0.4). AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA ALMOST AS LONG AS cYMbIUM ANd cYMbIUM NOT MUcH LONGER THAN pULp bULb; EMbOLUS SLIGHTLY fLATTENEd, cURvEd IN A HOOk-SHApE ANd SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN bULb, WITH A ROUNdEd ANd NOT SHARp EdGEd bASAL RIdGE (FIG. 2). LEG fORMULA II: I: IV: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 9.5, pATELLA 1.2, TIbIA 11.0, METATARSUS 11.5, TARSUS 1.7, TOTAL 34.9; II: 10.8, 1.2, 12.3, 12.9, 1.7, 38.9; III: 8.6, 1.1, 8.2, 9.8, 1.5, 29.2; IV: 9.8, 1.2, 9.6, 12.2, 1.7, 34.5. PALp: fEMUR 1.0, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 0.7, TOTAL 2.7. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM xERIc NAMA KAROO, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd IN bUILdINGS. Distribution. SOUTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 39).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D547674BFF48FF575098FB09.taxon	description	Types. NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM OkOkATUWO, 17 ° 27 ’ S, 12 ° 32 ’ E, E. GRIffEN LEG. 7 – 11. V. 1991 (SMN 42608). PARATYpES. KAOkOLANd, OpUWO, BAYNES MOUNTAINS, 1 ♀, EpEMbE, 17 ° 05 ’ S, 13 ° 02 ’ E, 20. IV. 2006, 1 ♀, OkATUvI WATER pOOLS, 17 ° 08 ’ S, 12 ° 58 ’ E, 23. IV. 2006, 1 ♀, OTUHUANGA, 17 ° 06 ’ S, 12 ° 57 ’ E, 22. IV. 2006, EdUVENTURES 8 LEG. (SMN 47265, 47272, 47268); 1 ♂ AND 1 ♀, OPUWO, BAOBAB II, NO SPECIFIC LOCALITY, MAP 1713 DD, 18. VII. 1995, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43474); 1 ♀, OPUWO, OMBAzUFONTEIN, 17 ° 48 ’ S, 13 ° 45 ’ E, 25 – 28. IV. 1996, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 43520).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D547674BFF48FF575098FB09.taxon	etymology	Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A MATRONYM fOR ERIN GRIffIN, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D547674BFF48FF575098FB09.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of TWO ObLONG SAcS ON LONG cOpULATORY TUbES THAT pROcEEd MEdIALLY fROM EAcH SIdE TO ALMOST MEET MEdIALLY; dIffER fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THIS RESpEcT (FIG. 23). MALE pALpAL TIbIA ALMOST AS LONG AS cYMbIUM ANd cYMbIUM NOT MUcH LONGER THAN pULp bULb, MOST SIMILAR TO L. pilosa (FIG. 11); dIffERING fROM L. pilosa IN THE bROAd bASAL pART Of THE EMbOLUS bEING SHORTER ANd THE ApIcAL pART bEING MORE cURvEd (FIG. 5).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D547674BFF48FF575098FB09.taxon	description	Description. Female: (N = 6): TL = 7.03 (6.4 – 7.8); CL = 2.78 (2.5 – 3.2); CW = 2.42 (2.2 – 2.8); CLL = 0.40 (0.35 – 0.45). AME-LE 0.05; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, LONG, MEdIALLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL ObLONG SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES (FIG. 23). LEG fORMULA II: I: IV: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 6.8, pATELLA 1.0, TIbIA 6.5, METATARSUS 6.0, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 21.5; II: 6.4, 1.0, 6.4, 6.5, 1.3, 21.6; III: 5.5, 0.95, 4.9, 5.5, 1.1, 17.95; IV: 6.2, 1.0, 5.8, 6.4, 1.4, 20.8. PALp: fEMUR 0.8, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 2.8. Male: (N = 1): TL = 5.0; CL = 2.5; CW = 2.4; CLL = 0.3. AME-LE 0.05; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA ALMOST AS LONG AS cYMbIUM ANd cYMbIUM NOT MUcH LONGER THAN pULp bULb; EMbOLUS ALMOST TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WITH, SHORT, bROAd SEcTION AT bASE; THIN ApIcAL pART LONG ANd dISTALLY HOOkEd (FIG. 5). LEG fORMULA UNkNOWN. TIbIA TO TARSUS Of LEG II MISSING ON bOTH SIdES. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 9.7, pATELLA 1.0, TIbIA 11.1, METATARSUS 10.8, TARSUS 1.5, TOTAL 34.1; II: 9.7, 1.0,?,?,?,?; III: 7.2, 0.9, 7.0, 7.3, 1.2, 23.6; IV: 8.2, 1.0, 7.8, 9.5, 1.5, 28.0. PALp: fEMUR 0.8, pATELLA 0.35, TIbIA 0.45, cYMbIUM 0.65, TOTAL 2.25. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, IN pITfALL TRApS ANd cAvES.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D547674BFF48FF575098FB09.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NORTHWESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5476748FF48FAFA563AF808.taxon	materials_examined	Type: SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, ♂ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTpANSbERG, LAjUMA, 23 ° 02 ’ S, 29 ° 27 ’ E, C. HAddAd LEG., 6. II. 2008 (NMBA 11612).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5476748FF48FAFA563AF808.taxon	etymology	Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR CHARLES HAddAd, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5476748FF48FAFA563AF808.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM MORE THAN TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH, MOST SIMILAR TO L. parramae (FIG. 10); dIffERING fROM L. parramae IN THE LENGTHENEd pART Of THE cYMbIUM HAvING AN ANGULAR bENd NEAR THE pALp bULb ANd THE EMbOLUS ApEx bEING STRAIT (FIG. 6).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5476748FF48FAFA563AF808.taxon	description	Description. Male: (N = 1): TL = 4.3; CL = 2.1; CW = 1.8; CLL = 0.25. AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM MORE THAN TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH; LENGTHENEd pART Of THE cYMbIUM HAvING AN ANGULAR bENd NEAR THE pALp bULb; cYMbIUM NOT WIdENING SLIGHTLY NEAR THE pALp bULb; EMbOLUS AbOUT TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH, ALMOST STRAIGHT ANd SLIGHTLY WIdENEd AT bASE (FIG. 6). LEG fORMULA I: II: IV: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.8, pATELLA 0.7, TIbIA 6.3, METATARSUS 6.3, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 19.8; II: 5.6, 0.7, 5.9, 6.1, 1.2, 19.5; III: 4.5, 0.7, 4.1, 4.7, 0.9, 14.9; IV: 5.3, 0.7, 5.0, 6.1, 1.2, 18.3. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.35, TIbIA 0.8, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 3.25. Female: UNkNOWN. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM UNdER ROckS.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5476748FF48FAFA563AF808.taxon	distribution	Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY IN NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 40).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FF575098FB71.taxon	description	Types. NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM TEMpLE Of DOOM CAvE, 19 ° 30 ’ S, 13 ° 55 ’ E, 14. VII. 1995, J. IRISH LEG. (NMBA 7139). PARATYPES. 2 ♀, SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE (NMBA 17860); 1 ♂, KAOKOLAND, ARBORIUM, LOCALITY MAP 1813 DC, 14. VIII. 1994, E. MARAIS LEG (SMN 43403); 1 ♂, 3 ♀ AND 1 IMM, KAOKOLAND, BVWq-GAT, LOCALITY MAP 1913 BD, 28. II. 1990, E. MARAIS & J. IRISH LEG. (SMN 41839); 1 ♂, TEMPLE OF DOOM CAVE, 19 ° 30 ’ S, 13 ° 55 ’ E, 17 – 18. VIII. 1994, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43 404).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FF575098FB71.taxon	etymology	Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR JOHN IRISH, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FF575098FB71.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of SMALL ObLONG SAcS ON fOUR LONG cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE; cOpULATORY TUbES pROcEEd ANTERIORLY; dIffER fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THIS RESpEcT (FIG. 24). MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT, MOST SIMILAR TO L. maraisi, (FIG. 8); dIffERING fROM L. maraisi IN THE pALp TIbIA LENGTH / HIGH RATIO bEING MORE THAN 2.5 ANd THE EMbOLUS bEING AbOUT TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH (FIG. 7).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FF575098FB71.taxon	description	Description. Female: (N = 6): TL = 7.45 (5.5 – 8.8); CL = 3.12 (2.5 – 3.4); CW = 2.58 (2.1 – 3.1); CLL = 0.32 (0.20 – 0.45). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH fOUR, LONG, ANTERIORLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES (FIG. 24). LEG fORMULA II: I: IV: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.8, pATELLA 1.3, TIbIA 6.1, METATARSUS 6.0, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 20.4; II: 6.8, 1.3, 7.0, 6.3, 1.3, 22.7; III: 5.6, 1.3, 4.9, 5.8, 1.2, 18.8; IV: 6.2, 1.3, 5.8, 7.3, 1.4, 22.0. PALp: fEMUR 1.3, pATELLA 0.5, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 1.5, TOTAL 4.3. Male: (N = 3): TL = 6.63 (5.5 – 7.9); CL = 3.13 (2.8 – 3.8); CW = 2.83 (2.5 – 3.5); CLL = 0.37 (0.3 – 0.5). AME-LE 0.1; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT; TIbIA LENGTH / HIGH RATIO MORE THAN 2.5; EMbOLUS AbOUT TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH ANd cURvEd, NARROWING fROM bASE TO ApEx (FIG. 7). LEG fORMULA II: IV: I: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 6.2, pATELLA 1.1, TIbIA 6.9, METATARSUS 7.1, TARSUS 1.3, TOTAL 22.6; II: 7.3, 1.1, 8.4, 8.8, 1.5, 27.1; III: 5.4, 1.1, 5.1, 6.7, 1.2, 19.5; IV: 6.3, 1.1, 6.2, 8.5, 1.5, 23.6. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 0.45, TOTAL 2.85. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM dARk zONE IN cAvES.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FF575098FB71.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NORTHWESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FB27509CF81D.taxon	description	Types. ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, MAkApAN VALLEY, FIcUS CAvE, 24 ° 04 ’ S, 29 ° 15 ’ E, W. MARAIS LEG, 11. IV. 2006 (AcAT 2005 / 1372). PARATYpE: 1 ♀ fROM SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, MIkE’S CAvE, 24 ° 07 ’ S, 29 ° 14 ’ E, K. dE WET LEG, 4. X. 2002 (AcAT 2005 / 1367).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FB27509CF81D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FB27509CF81D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of TWO SMALL ROUNd SAcS ON SHORT cOpULATORY TUbE THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY ANd MEdIALLY; SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES SITUATEd IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA; THE SpEcIES IS SIMILAR TO L. parramae IN HAvING THE SpERMATHEcAE ANd cOpULATORY TUbES IN THE bOOk-LUNG AREA, bUT dIffER IN HAvING TWO SEpARATE cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE (FIG. 26).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FB27509CF81D.taxon	description	Description. Female: (N = 2): TL = 5.70 (5.6 – 5.8); CL = 2.35 (2.1 – 2.6); CW = 2.10 (1.9 – 2.3); CLL = 0.33 (0.25 – 0.4). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.12. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, vERY SHORT, MEdIALLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES (FIG. 26). LEG fORMULA IV: II: I: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.5, pATELLA 0.9, TIbIA 5.7, METATARSUS 5.7, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 19.0; II: 5.6, 0.9, 5.6, 5.7, 1.2, 19.0; III: 4.8, 0.9, 4.8, 4.9, 1.0, 16.4; IV: 5.6, 0.9, 5.2, 6.2, 1.2, 19.1. PALp: fEMUR 0.8, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM 1.0, TOTAL 2.7. Male: UNkNOWN. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM THE dARk zONE IN cAvES.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5456749FF48FB27509CF81D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 40).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54A6746FF48FF5750BFFBB9.taxon	description	Types. NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM ZAIS, 24 ° 01 ’ S, 16 ° 08 ’ E, M. BRIdGEFORd LEG., 30. III. 1999 (SMN 42657). PARATYPES. 1 ♀ AND 2 IMM., SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE (Ex SMN 42657); 2 ♂, 5 ♀ AND 5 IMM., MALTAHöHE, NEURAS CAVE, LOcALITY MAp 2416 Ac, 10. VIII. 1995, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43688).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54A6746FF48FF5750BFFBB9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR EUGENE MARAIS, cOLLEcTOR Of MOST Of THE TYpE SpEcIMENS.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54A6746FF48FF5750BFFBB9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of THREE TO fOUR SHORT TUbES THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY; dIffER fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THIS RESpEcT (FIG. 27). MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT, MOST SIMILAR TO L. irishi (FIG. 7); dIffERING fROM L. irishi IN THE pALp TIbIA LENGTH / HIGH RATIO bEING LESS THAN 2.5 ANd THE EMbOLUS bEING AbOUT AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH (FIG. 8).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54A6746FF48FF5750BFFBB9.taxon	description	Description. Female: (N = 7): TL = 9.84 (9.2 – 12.0); CL = 3.87 (3.6 – 4.3); CW = 3.30 (2.7 – 3.8); CLL = 0.48 (0.45 – 0.50). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH THREE TO fOUR, SHORT, STUbbY, ANTERIORLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE; SpERMATHEcAE NOT dISTINGUISHAbLE fROM TUbES (FIG. 27). LEG fORMULA II: IV: I: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 7.3, pATELLA 1.3, TIbIA 7.5, METATARSUS 7.6, TARSUS 1.4, TOTAL 25.1; II: 7.8, 1.4, 7.7, 8.8, 1.5, 27.2; III: 6.8, 1.3, 5.9, 7.5, 1.3, 22.8; IV: 7.6, 1.4, 6.7, 9.4, 1.5, 26.6. PALp: fEMUR 1.3, pATELLA 0.5, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 1.4, TOTAL 4.2. Male: (N = 2): TL = 6.45 (5.6 – 7.3); CL = 3.20 (3.0 – 3.4); CW = 2.85 (2.6 – 3.1); CLL = 0.38 (0.35 – 0.40). AME- LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT; TIbIA LENGTH / HIGH RATIO bEING MORE THAN 2.0, bUT LESS THAN 2.5; EMbOLUS AbOUT AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH ANd SLIGHTLY cURvEd, NARROWING fROM bASE TO ApEx (FIG. 8). LEG fORMULA II: IV: I: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 8.1, pATELLA 1.2, TIbIA 8.5, METATARSUS 9.6, TARSUS 1.5, TOTAL 28.9; II: 9.1, 1.2, 10.4, 11.5, 1.5, 33.7; III: 7.2, 1.2, 7.5, 8.8, 1.3, 26.0; IV: 8.1, 1.2, 7.7, 10.7, 1.7, 29.4. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 0.65, TOTAL 3.05. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM cAvES.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54A6746FF48FF5750BFFBB9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CENTRAL WESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54A6747FF48FB6A50DEFDF6.taxon	description	Note. THE STUdY Of ALL THE AvAILAbLE SpEcIMENS fROM THE cOLLEcTIONS LEd TO THE cONcLUSION THAT SpEcIMENS Of L. bergeri ANd L. pilosa MENTIONEd IN pREvIOUS pUbLIcATIONS (NEWLANdS 1986, LOTz 2012) WERE MISIdENTIfIEd. L. pilosa ONLY OccUR IN THE MOST SOUTHERN pART Of NAMIbIA ANd IN SOUTH AfRIcA. THE MISIdENTIfIEd 2 jUv. ♀ pARALEcTOTYpES (dESIGNATEd bY LOTz 2012) fROM NAMIbIA, SHOULd bE L. bergeri ANd NOT L. pilosa. Specimens studied. NAMIBIA: 1 ♀, AREB, [23 ° 32 ’ S, 16 ° 23 ’ E], 4. I. 1916, R. W. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B 2165); 1 ♂ AND 1 IMM., HOCHLAND PARK, [NO SPECIFIC COORDINATES], IV. 1999, M. COETzEE LEG. (SMN 44421); 1 ♂, 5 ♀ AND 13 IMM., KARAbIb, NOOITGEdAG, [cA. 21 ° 57 ’ S, 16 ° 01 ’ E], 1. IX. 1 990, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41794), 3. IX. 1990 – 17. IV. 1991 (SMN 43440), 2. VII. 1993 (SMN 43025), 10. VIII. 1995 (SMN 43690), 3. IV. 1993, J. IRISH LEG., (NMBA 7366); 2 ♂ AND 2 ♀, KLEIN WINDHOEK, [22 ° 34 ’ S, 17 ° 06 ’ E], III. 1982, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 42682), IV. 1988 (SMN 40837), 22. XII. 1989 (SMN 41758), 4. VI. 1999 (SMN 44387), 14. VI. 1990, I. VAN HOLTz LEG. (SMN 41910); 1 ♀, LICHTENSTEIN NORTH, [22 ° 32 ’ S, 17 ° 03 ’ E], 5. VII. 1961, E. RUSCH LEG. (SMN 35152); 1 ♂, NAMIB DESERT PARK, GOBABEB, [23 ° 34 ’ S, 15 ° 02 ’ E], 29. III. 1986, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 4 2540); 2 ♂, 1 ♀ AND 5 IMM., NAMIB DESERT, 43 KM EAST-SOUTEAST Of SWAkOpMUNd, [22 ° 49 ’ S, 14 ° 52 ’ E], 7. VI. 2013, D. JAcObS & C. DEScHOdT LEG. (AcAT 2014 / 2120, 2014 / 2121); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, NAMIB DESERT, 48 KM EAST-SOUTEAST OF SWAKOPMUND, [22 ° 51 ’ S, 14 ° 59 ’ E], 7. VI. 2013, D. JACOBS & C. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2014 / 2122, 2014 / 2123); 1 ♂ AND 2 IMM., NAMIB DESERT, 73 KM EAST OF WALVIS BAY, [23 ° 07 ’ S, 15 ° 10 ’ E], 12. VI. 2013, D. JACOBS & C. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2013 / 5542); RöSSIN MINE, 2 ♂ AND 1 ♀, ARANdIS, 22 ° 22 ’ S, 14 ° 59 ’ E, 3 – 28. VIII. 1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38213), 23. X – 19. XI. 1984 (SMN 38386), 11. III – 9. IV. 1985 (SMN 38705); 2 ♂, LOWER OSTRICH GORGE, 22 ° 30 ’ S, 14 ° 58 ’ E, 3 – 30. VII. 1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38186), 3 – 28. VIII. 1984 (SMN 38250); PANNER GORGE, 22 ° 29 ’ S, 15 ° 01 ’ E, 1 ♂, 9. IV – 8. V. 1984, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 37062), 5. VI – 3. VII. 1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38118); 1 ♀, 28. VIII – 25. IX. 1984, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38291); 1 ♀, UPPER OSTRICH GORGE, 22 ° 29 ’ S, 14 ° 59 ’ E, 18. XII. 1984 – 14. I. 1985, J. IRISH & H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38524); 1 ♂, USAKOS, [21 ° 59 ’ S, 15 ° 35 ’ E], II. 1920, R. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B 5590); 1 ♀, WINDHOEK, [22 ° 34 ’ S, 17 ° 04 ’ E], 3. V. 1972, M. - L. PENRITH LEG. (SMN 35438); 5 ♂, 3 ♀ AND 5 IMM., WINDHOEK, ARNHEM CAVE, 22 ° 42 ’ S, 18 ° 07 ’ E, 15. VIII – 12. X. 1987, J. IRISH & E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41154), 12. X – 4. XII. 1987, (SMN 41954, 43436), 3. II. 2007, T. L. BIRd, et al. LEG. (SMN 46279). Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, NAMA KAROO ANd DESERT, fROM pITfALL TRApS, ANd fROM INSIdE cAvES ANd bUILdINGS.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54A6747FF48FB6A50DEFDF6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CENTRAL NAMIbIA (FIG. 38).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54B6744FF48F9925729FD8E.taxon	description	Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM GRASSLANd, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd IN cAvES ANd bUILdINGS. SOME HAvE bEEN fOUNd IN THE SAME cAvE AS L. speluncarum.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54B6744FF48F9925729FD8E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Loxosceles parramae IS fOUNd IN GAUTENG ANd FREE STATE PROvINcES, SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5486744FF48FD745643FB7A.taxon	description	Specimens studied. NAMIbIA: 1 ♀, KARASbURG, NORTH Of RTZ cAMp pLAINS, 28 ° 37 ’ S, 17 ° 49 ’ E, 15. IV. 1997, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 43620); SOUTH AFRICA: NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, 1 ♂, COBOOP DUNES, 28 ° 45 ’ S, 19 ° 21 ’ E, 16 – 25. III. 1988, J. IRISH & E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 42 164); ♀ LECTOTYPE AND 1 ♀ PARALECTOTYPE, LITTLE NAMAqUALAND, STEINKOPF, [29 ° 15 ’ S, 17 ° 44 ’ E], VII – VIII. 1904, L. SCHULTzE LEG. (SAM X 1 50512); 1 ♂ AND 3 IMM., STEINKOPF, [29 ° 15 ’ S, 17 ° 44 ’ E], III. 1935, cOLLEcTOR UNkNOWN (SAM B 8498). Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM pITfALL TRApS ANd UNdER ROckS.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5486744FF48FD745643FB7A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. SOUTHERN NAMIbIA ANd NORTH-WESTERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5486745FF48FB275309FE2E.taxon	description	Scytodes pallida — Blackwall, 1865: 100 (misidentified).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5486745FF48FB275309FE2E.taxon	description	Loxosceles compactilis — Simon, 1881: 6. Loxosceles distincta — Simon, 1908: 422. Loxosceles marylandicus — Muma, 1944: 2, f. 1.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5486745FF48FB275309FE2E.taxon	description	Natural History. COLLEcTEd IN SOUTH AfRIcA fROM INSIdE bUILdINGS. Distribution. Loxosceles rufescens IS A cOSMOpOLITAN SpEcIES; IN SOUTH AfRIcA SO fAR ONLY kNOWN fROM CApE TOWN (FIG. 39).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5496740FF48F9CF5616F9E6.taxon	description	Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM GRASSLANd, fROM UNdER ROckS, LOGS ANd bARk ANd fROM INSIdE TERMITE MOUNdS, LEAf LITTER, cAvES ANd bUILdINGS.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D5496740FF48F9CF5616F9E6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. WIdELY dISTRIbUTEd THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN pART Of AfRIcA (FIG. 41).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54C675EFF48F99C51D2FF5E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. FEMALE dIffERS fROM OTHER SpEcIES IN THE SHORT, ANTERIOR pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES, WHIcH ARE SLIGHTLY SEpARATEd fROM EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE (FIG. 34). MALE pALpAL cYMbIUM ANd TIbIA SHORT, MOST SIMILAR TO L. bergeri (FIG. 1), dIffERING fROM L. bergeri IN THE pALp fEMUR LENGTH bEING SHORTER THAN THE pATELLA + TIbIA LENGTH ANd THE THINNER EMbOLUS (FIG. 15).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54C675EFF48F99C51D2FF5E.taxon	description	Description. Female: (N = 4): TL = 7.5 (7.3 – 7.7); CL = 3.05 (2.7 – 3.4); CW = 2.63 (2.4 – 2.9); CLL = 0.38 (0.30 – 0.40). AME-LE 0.10; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW-bROWN, dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW-bROWN; LEGS bROWN; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT bROWN, WITH dARkER bROWN TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW WITH bROWN MARkINGS ALONG THE SIdES ANd dOWN THE cENTERLINE. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH TWO, SHORT, ANTERIOR pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, WHIcH ARE SLIGHTLY SEpARATEd fROM EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE, SLIGHTLY LARGER IN dIAMETER THAN THE TUbES (FIG. 34). LEG fORMULA II: I: IV: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 5.9, pATELLA 1.1, TIbIA 6.5, METATARSUS 6.6, TARSUS 1.2, TOTAL 21.3; II: 5.9, 1.1, 6.4, 6.8, 1.2, 21.4; III: 4.7, 1.0, 5.0, 6.2, 1.1, 18.0; IV: 5.6, 1.0, 5.7, 7.5, 1.2, 21.0. PALp: fEMUR 1.0, pATELLA 0.4, TIbIA 0.6, cYMbIUM?, TOTAL?. Male: (BMNH 511): TL = 6.0; CL = 2.7; CW = 2.3; CLL = 0.4. AME-LE 0.10; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.15. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL cYMbIUM ANd TIbIA SHORT, fEMUR LENGTH SHORTER THAN pATELLA + TIbIA LENGTH; bULb LARGE ANd EMbOLUS THIN ANd cURvEd, AbOUT AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH (FIG. 15). LEG fORMULA II: I: IV: III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 7.0, pATELLA 1.1, TIbIA 8.5, METATARSUS 8.4, TARSUS 1.6, TOTAL 26.6; II: 7.0, 1.0, 8.6, 8.6, 1.6, 26.8; III: 6.1, 1.0, 6.3, 6.7, 1.3, 21.4; IV: 7.0, 1.0, 7.5, 9.0, 1.6, 26.1. PALp: fEMUR 0.8, pATELLA 0.5, TIbIA 0.55, cYMbIUM 0.7, TOTAL 2.55. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA ANd FOREST. THE ONLY OTHER dATA AvAILAbLE IS THAT ONE SpEcIMEN WAS cOLLEcTEd fROM THE ROOTS Of A LARGE TREE.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D54C675EFF48F99C51D2FF5E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. EASTERN AfRIcA, fROM ETHIOpIA TO MALAWI (FIG. 41).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D552675EFF48FA9051DAF900.taxon	description	Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES. SOME SpEcIMENS WERE cOLLEcTEd fROM THE SAME cAvE AS L. parramae.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D552675EFF48FA9051DAF900.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CAvES IN THE PRETORIA AREA, SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 39).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D552675FFF48F8FC516BFDF6.taxon	description	Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM FYNbOS, fROM pITfALL TRApS, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd LOGS, ANd fROM INSIdE bUILdINGS.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D552675FFF48F8FC516BFDF6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. SOUTHERN pART Of SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D553675FFF48FDAC5177FBE4.taxon	description	Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES.	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
03FB8670D553675FFF48FDAC5177FBE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CAvES IN NORTH-cENTRAL NAMIbIA (FIG. 39).	en	Lotz, L. N. (2017): An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341 (4): 475-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2
