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03FB8670D543674FFF48FB255343F9B0.text	03FB8670D543674FFF48FB255343F9B0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe 1832	<div><p>Loxosceles Heineken &amp; Lowe, 1832</p><p>Type species: Loxosceles rufecens (Dufour, 1820) .</p><p>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.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D543674FFF48FB255343F9B0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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
03FB8670D543674CFF48F96657D3FC64.text	03FB8670D543674CFF48F96657D3FC64.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe 1832	<div><p>Key to the Afrotropical species of the genus Loxosceles</p><p>Males</p><p>1. Embolus with a flattened spiral towards apex................................................................ 2</p><p>- Embolus with thin cylindrical shaft towards apex............................................................ 3</p><p>2. Basal part of embolus with a clear ridge (Fig. 17)................................................... L. spinulosa</p><p>- Basal part of embolus not clearly ridged (Fig. 2)............................................. L. dejagerae sp. nov.</p><p>3. Cymbium lengthened, much longer than pulp bulb (Figs 6, 9, 10, 16)............................................. 4</p><p>- Cymbium short, not much longer than pulp bulb (Figs 1, 3–5, 7, 8, 11–15, 18)..................................... 7</p><p>4. Lengthened part of cymbium with an angular bend near palp bulb (Figs 6, 9)...................................... 5</p><p>- Lengthened part of cymbium with smooth curve near palp bulb (Figs 10, 16)...................................... 6</p><p>5. Lengthened part of cymbium triangular (Fig. 9)..................................................... L. meruensis</p><p>- Lengthened part of cymbium cylindrical (Fig. 6).............................................. L. haddadi sp. nov.</p><p>6. Embolus base narrow at connection with bulb (Fig. 10)............................................... L. parramae</p><p>- Embolus base broad at connection with bulb (Fig. 16)............................................. L. speluncarum</p><p>7. Palp cymbium noticeably shorter than tibia length............................................................ 8</p><p>- Palp cymbium length close to tibia length................................................................. 14</p><p>8. Palp tibia length/height ratio more than 2.5................................................................. 9</p><p>- Palp tibia length/height ratio less than 2.5................................................................. 10</p><p>9. Embolus base broad at connection with bulb (Fig. 18).............................................. L. vonwredei</p><p>- Embolus base narrower at connection with bulb (Fig. 7)........................................... L. irishi sp. nov.</p><p>10. Palp tibia length/height ratio less than 2.0 (Fig. 12).................................................. L. rufescens</p><p>- Palp tibia length/height ratio more than 2.0 (Figs 3, 4, 8, 13)................................................... 11</p><p>11. Palp bulb width about half tibia length (Fig. 4).................................................. L. foutadjalloni</p><p>- Palp bulb width about a third tibia length (Figs 3, 8, 13)...................................................... 12</p><p>12. Palp patella less than half tibia length (Fig. 8)................................................. L. maraisi sp. nov.</p><p>- Palp patella more than half tibia length (Figs 3, 13).......................................................... 13</p><p>13. Palp femur/cymbium ratio more than 4.5 (Fig. 13).................................................... L. rufipes</p><p>- Palp femur/cymbium ratio less than 4.5 (Fig. 3)...................................................... L. fontainei</p><p>14. Palp femur shorter than patella + tibia length (Fig. 15).................................................. L. smithi</p><p>- Palp femur length equal to patella + tibia length (Figs 1, 5, 11, 14).............................................. 15</p><p>15. Embolus narrow at base (Figs 1, 14)...................................................................... 16</p><p>- Embolus broad at base (Figs 5, 11)....................................................................... 17</p><p>16. Embolus tapering from base to apex (Fig. 1)......................................................... L. bergeri</p><p>- Embolus very thing from base to apex (Fig. 14)..................................................... L. simillima</p><p>17. Broad basal part of embolus long (Fig. 11)............................................................ L. pilosa</p><p>- Broad basal part of embolus short (Fig. 5).................................................. L. griffinae sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D543674CFF48F96657D3FC64	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D541674DFF48FF575114FCD9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles cederbergensis Lotz 2017	<div><p>Loxosceles cederbergensis sp. nov.</p><p>(FIG. 20)</p><p>Types. SOUTH AfRIcA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM WESTERN CApE, AAN HET BERG, CEdERbERG, 32°17’S, 18°32’E, 257M, E. NORTjE &amp; S. KRITzINGER-KLOppER LEG., 6.X.2005 (AcAT 2012/2859).</p><p>Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY.</p><p>Diagnosis. FEMALE dIffERS fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THE TWO, LONG ANd cURvEd, cOpULATORY TUbES bEING Of NOTIcEAbLY dIffERENT LENGTHS (FIG. 20).</p><p>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.</p><p>Male: UNkNOWN.</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd IN pITfALL TRApS IN FYNbOS.</p><p>Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY (FIG. 39).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D541674DFF48FF575114FCD9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D541674AFF48FC4A509CFF3A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles dejagerae Lotz 2017	<div><p>Loxosceles dejagerae sp. nov.</p><p>(FIGS 2, 21)</p><p>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).</p><p>Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A MATRONYM fOR MARIE dE JAGER, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM xERIc NAMA KAROO, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd IN bUILdINGS. Distribution. SOUTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 39).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D541674AFF48FC4A509CFF3A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D547674BFF48FF575098FB09.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles griffinae Lotz 2017	<div><p>Loxosceles griffinae sp. nov.</p><p>(FIGS 5, 23)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=12.533334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.45" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 12.533334/lat -17.45)">Types.</a> 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 1713DD, 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).</p><p>Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A MATRONYM fOR ERIN GRIffIN, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, IN pITfALL TRApS ANd cAvES.</p><p>Distribution. NORTHWESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D547674BFF48FF575098FB09	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D5476748FF48FAFA563AF808.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles haddadi Lotz 2017	<div><p>Loxosceles haddadi sp. nov.</p><p>(FIG. 6)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.45&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.033333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.45/lat -23.033333)">Type</a>: SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, ♂ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTpANSbERG, LAjUMA, 23°02’S, 29°27’E, C. HAddAd LEG., 6.II.2008 (NMBA 11612) .</p><p>Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR CHARLES HAddAd, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>Female: UNkNOWN.</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM UNdER ROckS.</p><p>Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY IN NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 40).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D5476748FF48FAFA563AF808	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D5456749FF48FF575098FB71.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles irishi Lotz 2017	<div><p>Loxosceles irishi sp. nov.</p><p>(FIGS 7, 24)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=13.916667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 13.916667/lat -19.5)">Types.</a> NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM TEMpLE Of DOOM CAvE, 19°30’S, 13°55’E, 14.VII.1995, J. IRISH LEG. (NMBA7139) . PARATYPES. 2♀, SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE (NMBA 17860); 1♂, KAOKOLAND, ARBORIUM, LOCALITY MAP 1813DC, 14.VIII.1994, E. MARAIS LEG (SMN 43403); 1♂, 3♀ AND 1 IMM, KAOKOLAND, BVWq-GAT, LOCALITY MAP 1913BD, 28.II.1990, E. MARAIS &amp; 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).</p><p>Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR JOHN IRISH, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM dARk zONE IN cAvES.</p><p>Distribution. NORTHWESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D5456749FF48FF575098FB71	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D5456749FF48FB27509CF81D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles makapanensis Lotz 2017	<div><p>Loxosceles makapanensis s p. nov.</p><p>(FIG. 26)</p><p>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).</p><p>Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS A NOUN IN AppOSITION dERIvEd fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY.</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>Male: UNkNOWN.</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, fROM THE dARk zONE IN cAvES.</p><p>Distribution. NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 40).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D5456749FF48FB27509CF81D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D54A6746FF48FF5750BFFBB9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles maraisi Lotz 2017	<div><p>Loxosceles maraisi sp. nov.</p><p>(FIGS 8, 27)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=16.133333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.016666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 16.133333/lat -24.016666)">Types.</a> 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).</p><p>Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR EUGENE MARAIS, cOLLEcTOR Of MOST Of THE TYpE SpEcIMENS.</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM cAvES.</p><p>Distribution. CENTRAL WESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D54A6746FF48FF5750BFFBB9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D54A6747FF48FB6A50DEFDF6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles bergeri Strand 1906	<div><p>Loxosceles bergeri Strand, 1906</p><p>(FIGS 1, 19)</p><p>Loxosceles bergeri Strand, 1906b: 26; Newlands 1986: 64, f. 34–36; Lotz, 2012: 15. Loxosceles spinulosa — Newlands, 1975: 144 (misidentified).</p><p>Loxosceles pilosa — Lotz, 2012: 27, f. 9F, 10,F, 15A (2juv.♀ paralectotypes misidentified).</p><p>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 2jUv.♀ pARALEcTOTYpES (dESIGNATEd bY LOTz 2012) fROM NAMIbIA, SHOULd bE L. bergeri ANd NOT L. pilosa .</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=16.383333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.533333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 16.383333/lat -23.533333)">Specimens</a> studied. NAMIBIA: 1♀, AREB, [23°32’S, 16°23’E], 4.I.1916, R.W . TUCKER LEG. (SAM B2165); 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, 43KM EAST-SOUTEAST <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=14.866667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.816668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 14.866667/lat -22.816668)">Of</a> SWAkOpMUNd, [22°49’S, 14°52’E], 7.VI.2013, D. JAcObS &amp; C. DEScHOdT LEG. (AcAT 2014/2120, 2014/2121) ; 1♂, 2♀, NAMIB DESERT, 48KM EAST-SOUTEAST OF SWAKOPMUND, [22°51’S, 14°59’E], 7.VI.2013, D. JACOBS &amp; C. DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2014/2122, 2014/2123); 1♂ AND 2 IMM., NAMIB DESERT, 73KM EAST OF WALVIS BAY, [23°07’S, 15°10’E], 12.VI.2013, D. JACOBS &amp; C . DESCHODT LEG. (ACAT 2013/5542); RöSSIN MINE, 2♂ AND 1♀, ARANdIS, 22°22’S, 14°59’E, 3–28.VIII.1984, J. IRISH &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38118); 1♀, 28.VIII–25.IX.1984, J. IRISH &amp; H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38291); 1♀, UPPER OSTRICH GORGE, 22°29’S, 14°59’E, 18.XII.1984 – 14.I.1985, J. IRISH &amp; H. RUST LEG. (SMN 38524); 1♂, USAKOS, [21°59’S, 15°35’E], II.1920, R. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B5590); 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 &amp; E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41154), 12.X–4.XII.1987, (SMN 41954, 43436), 3.II.2007, T.L. BIRd, et al. LEG. (SMN 46279).</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM SAvANNA, NAMA KAROO ANd DESERT, fROM pITfALL TRApS, ANd fROM INSIdE cAvES ANd bUILdINGS.</p><p>Distribution. CENTRAL NAMIbIA (FIG. 38).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D54A6747FF48FB6A50DEFDF6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D54B6744FF48F9925729FD8E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles parramae Newlands 1981	<div><p>Loxosceles parramae Newlands, 1981</p><p>(FIGS 10, 29)</p><p>Loxosceles parrami Newlands, 1981: 358, f. 1–3; 1986: 66, f. 33, 37–39. Loxosceles parramae — Lotz, 2012: 26.</p><p>Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: FREE STATE PROvINcE, 1♀, BLOEMfONTEIN, DAN PIENAAR, 29°08’S, 26°10’E, 15.XI.2006, MR . ROBERTSON LEG. (NMBA 10276); 1♂, BRANDFORT, AMANzI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE, 28°35’S, 26°26’E, 7.I.2010, V. BUTLER LEG. (NMBA 16468); 3♂, 3♀ AND 5 IMM., CLOCOLAN, MPETSANE CONSERVATION ESTATE, 28°48’S, 27°39’E, 8–9.III.2007, L.N. LOTz LEG., (NMBA 10429, 10 446), C. HAddAd LEG. (NMBA 15267), 1.XI.2013, A. JONES LEG. (ACAT 2007/1722, 2014/1116); 1♂ AND 1♀, FOURIESBURG, BEGINSEL, OLD MILL MOUNTAIN RESORT, 28°36’S, 28°28’E, 6.III.2006, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 10085); 1♀, HARRISMITH, QWA QWA MOUNTAIN, 28°30’S, 28°46’E, 19.IV.1994, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 6511); 1♀, HARRISMITH, WILGER PARK, 28°17’S, 29°07’E, IV.2010, J. VAN AS LEG. (NMBA 15266); 2♂, REITz, 27°48’S, 28°27’E, VIII.2007, D . VISSER LEG. (ACAT 2007/4297); 6♂, 1♀ AND 1 IMM., VREdE, 27°26’S, 29°08’E, 18.XII.1991, T. WESSELS LEG. (AcAT 92/414), 22.I.1992 (AcAT 92/430), 28.II.1992 (AcAT 92/473), 18.XI.1992 (AcAT 93/344), 26.XII.1992 (AcAT 93/976), 21.I.1993 (AcAT 93/1004), 1.XI.1993 (ACAT 95/52), 16.I.1995 (ACAT 95/106); GAUTENG PROVINCE, 1♂, BENONI, 26°12’S, 28°19’E, 28.III.1987, L. LERWILL LEG. (ACAT 89 /56); 1♀ AND 6 IMM., GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 2.VII.2000, A. LEROY LEG. (ACAT 2007/2698); ♂ HOLOTYPE AND 2♂ AND 4♀ PARATYPES, JOHANNESBURG, BELLEVUE, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], S. PARRAM, 1979 (SAIMR); 1♂, JOHANNESBURG, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], 6.IV.1965, COLLECTOR UNKNOWN (AM H32); 1♀, JOHANNESBURG, ROSEBANK, [26°10’S, 28°05’E], 25.IV.1966, COLLECTOR UNKNOWN (AM); 1♂, 2♀ AND 1 IMM., PRETORIA, ApIES RIvER CAvE, 25°47’S, 28°13’E, 15.II.2002, J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2005/1360, 2005/1368).</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM GRASSLANd, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd IN cAvES ANd bUILdINGS. SOME HAvE bEEN fOUNd IN THE SAME cAvE AS L. speluncarum .</p><p>Distribution. Loxosceles parramae IS fOUNd IN GAUTENG ANd FREE STATE PROvINcES, SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D54B6744FF48F9925729FD8E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D5486744FF48FD745643FB7A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles pilosa Purcell 1908	<div><p>Loxosceles pilosa Purcell, 1908</p><p>(FIGS 11, 30)</p><p>Loxosceles pilosa Purcell, 1908: 225; Newlands, 1986: 68, f. 40–42; Lotz, 2012: 27. Loxosceles spinulosa — Newlands, 1975: 144, f. 4 (misidentified).</p><p>Note. SEE NOTE UNdER L. bergeri .</p><p>Specimens studied. NAMIbIA: 1♀, KARASbURG, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.816668&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-28.616667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.816668/lat -28.616667)">NORTH Of</a> 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 &amp; 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 B8498).</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM pITfALL TRApS ANd UNdER ROckS.</p><p>Distribution. SOUTHERN NAMIbIA ANd NORTH-WESTERN SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D5486744FF48FD745643FB7A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D5486745FF48FB275309FE2E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour 1820)	<div><p>Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)</p><p>(FIGS 12, 31)</p><p>Scytodes rufescens Dufour, 1820: 203, pl. 76, f. 5; Audouin, 1826: 379, pl. 5, f. 2.</p><p>Loxosceles citigrada Heineken &amp; Lowe, in Lowe, 1832: 322, pl. 48, f. 1–14.</p><p>Scytodes erythrocephala C. L. Koch, 1838: 90, f. 399–400.</p><p>Scytodes distincta Lucas, 1846: 104, pl. 2, f. 4.</p><p>Omosita rufescens — Simon, 1864: 50.</p><p>Scytodes pallida — Blackwall, 1865: 100 (misidentified).</p><p>Loxosceles erythrocephala — Simon, 1873: 38; Pavesi, 1876: 435; Simon, 1914: 75, f. 127.</p><p>Loxosceles rufescens — Simon, 1873: 38; Bösenberg &amp; Strand, 1906: 113, pl. 6, f. 69, pl. 16, f. 450; Simon, 1914: 75, f. 126;. Strand, 1918: 91, pl. 2, f. 28–29; Petrunkevitch, 1929: 108, f. 92–96; Bristowe, 1938: 311, f. 6; Comstock, 1940: 108, f. 96; Yaginuma, 1940: 129, f. 3; Gertsch, 1958: 31, f. 60–62, 73; Bücherl, 1961: 213, f. 2a; Lee, 1966: 24, f. 5a–d; Gertsch, 1967: 144, pl. 10, f. 5–8; Brignoli, 1969: 156, f. 19–62; Canese, 1972: 83, f. 1; Brignoli, 1976: 144, f. 9–10; Paik, 1978: 572, f. 6–13; Yin, Wang &amp; Hu, 1983: 33, f. 1B, 3B; Gertsch &amp; Ennik, 1983: 353, f. 341–343, 348–351; Lehtinen, 1986: 153, f. 4–5, 7; Yaginuma, 1986: 18, f. 12.1; 1987: 155, f. 20.9; Xu, 1987: 3, f. 4A–D; Chen &amp; Gao, 1990: 37, f. 39a–b; Chen &amp; Zhang, 1991: 68, f. 60.1–3; Dunin, 1992: 75, f. 1, 5, 10–12; Song, Zhu &amp; Chen, 1999: 49, f. 19M–N, Q; Namkung, 2002: 30, f. 2.1a–c; Saaristo, 2002: 29, f. 84–86; Namkung, 2003: 30, f. 2.1a–c; Ono, 2009: 122, f. 1–6; Le Peru, 2011: 111, f. 112; Labarque &amp; Ramírez, 2012: 3, f. 2E, 5A-B, 8A-B, 9E, 10E, 11E, 12E, 13E, 14E, 15E, 16E, 17E, 18E, 19E, 20D-E, 27C-F, 28A-F, 30C-D, 31E; Lotz, 2012: 29; Yin et al., 2012: 148, f. 21a-d; Mirshamsi, Hatami &amp; Zamani, 2013: 83, f. 1-4; Zamani &amp; Rafinejad, 2014: 229, f. 2-4; Zamani et al., 2014: 58, f. 1A-B; Chomphuphuang et al., 2016: 143, f. 3- 5, 8-9; Sadeghi, Dashan &amp; Malek-Hossein, 2017: 157, f. 2-4.</p><p>Spermophora comoroensis — Butler, 1879: 43, pl. I, f. 5.</p><p>Loxosceles compactilis — Simon, 1881: 6.</p><p>Loxosceles distincta — Simon, 1908: 422.</p><p>Loxosceles marylandicus — Muma, 1944: 2, f. 1.</p><p>Loxosceles indrabeles — Tikader, 1963: 23, f. 1a–c. Loxosceles ruescens — Yoo &amp; Kim, 2002: 25, f. 4.</p><p>Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: WESTERN CApE PROvINcE, 1♂, CApE TOWN, [33°56’S, 18°28’E], 26.IX.1914, R. TUckER LEG . (SAM B370).</p><p>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).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D5486745FF48FB275309FE2E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D5496740FF48F9CF5616F9E6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles simillima Lawrence 1927	<div><p>Loxosceles simillima Lawrence, 1927</p><p>(FIGS 14, 33)</p><p>Loxosceles simillima Lawrence, 1927: 6; Newlands, 1986: 71, f. 43–45; Lotz, 2012: 31; Magalhães, Brescovit &amp; Santos, 2017: 855, f. 8A–E, 18I, 63A.</p><p>Loxosceles spiniceps — Lawrence, 1952: 187, f. 7; Newlands, 1986: 75, f. 49–51 (syn.). Loxosceles spinulosa — Newlands, 1975: 144 (misidentified).</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=14.366667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.316668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 14.366667/lat -16.316668)">Specimens</a> studied. ANGOLA: 1♀, 6.4kM SOUTHEAST Of CAHAMA, [cA. 16°19’S, 14°22’E], 18.V.1958, E.S. ROSS &amp; R.E . LEECH LEG. (CAS); 1♀, 38.4KM SOUTHEAST OF CHIBIA, [CA. 15°11’S, 13°42’E], 19.V.1958, E.S . ROSS &amp; R.E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); BOTSWANA: 1♀, DUKWE (NR MAUN), [CA. 20°35’S, 25°59’E], 24.II.1970, E.S. ROSS LEG. (CAS); 4♂, 6♀ AND 8 IMM., DROTSKY CAVE, 2021AB, 11–14.VII.1993, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43040); 10♂, 5♀ AND 5 IMM. , FRANcISTOWN, SELkIRk MINE, 21°18’S, 27°46’E, 6.IV–22.VII.2008 D.H. JAcObS LEG. (AcAT 2008/5176), 21°20’S, 27°42’E, 30.X–6.XI.2007 (AcAT 2008/5177), 21°18’S, 27°44’E, 28.III–5.IV.2008 (AcAT 2008/5178), 21°19’S, 27°44’E, 28.III–5.IV.2008 (AcAT 2008/5179), 21°18’S, 27°45’E, 28.III–5.IV.2008 (AcAT 2008/5180), 21°19’S, 27°44’E, 30.X–6.XI.2007 (AcAT 2009/1246), 21°19’S, 27°43’E, 29.II–4.III.2009 (AcAT 2009/1247), 21°18’S, 27°45’E, 6.IV–22.VII.2008, (ACAT 2009/1248, 2010/5060); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., MOREMI NATURE RESERVE, 19°17’S, 23°17’E, 7.III.1983, R. HARRIS LEG. (ACAT 83/267); 4♀ AND 1 IMM, NGAMILAND, GEWIHABA CAVE, 20°01’S, 21°21’E, 12.VII.1993, J. IRISH LEG. (NMBA 7371); 1♂, OKAVANGO DELTA, POM POM, 19°23’S, 22°41’E, 17.VIII.2001, E. KASSIMATIS LEG. (ACAT 2007/2522); 1♀, OKAVANGO DELTA, NEAR SHAKAWE, LESIDENG RESEARCH CAMP, 18°26’S, 21°54’E, 26–29.XI.2006, C. HADDAD LEG. (NMBA 10447); 1♀, SHAKAWE, 18°29’S, 21°53’E, 18.VI.1999, C. HADDAD LEG. (NMBA 10158); 1♂ AND 1♀, WA-DOOM CAVE, 2021AB, 13.VII.1983, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43042); DEMOcRATIc REpUbLIc Of CONGO: 1♀, 12.8kM SOUTHWEST Of PWETO, [cA. 08°34’S, 28°49’E], 15.I.1958, E.S . ROSS &amp; R.E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); MALAWI: 1♂, 9.6KM NORTH OF EKWEDENI, [CA. 11°17’S, 33°53’E], 21.II.1958, E.S . ROSS &amp; R.E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); MOzAMBIqUE: 1♂, BAzERUTO ISLAND, 2135CB, 18–20.IV.1989, D.G . BROADLEY LEG. (NMZ/A 7298); NAMIBIA: 1♀ LECTOTYPE, ANDONI, [18°35’S, 16°42’E] (SAM-ENW-B005925); 1♂, BUSHMANLAND, KREMETARTKOP, 1920DD, 19.VI.1984, E. GRIFFIN LEG. (SMN 41642); 1♀ AND 4 IMM., ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK, ACHAWACHAB CAVE, 19°13’S, 16°43’E, 21.VII.1995, E. MARAIS LEG., J. IRISH LEG. (SMN 43475) (NMBA 8601); 3♂, 2♀ AND 7 IMM, GROOTFONTEIN, KIMBERLITE CAVE, 1918AC, 27.VII.1995, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43469, 43470); 1♀, HEREROLANd, WHERE OTjINOkO RIvER jOINS EISEb RIvER, 20°40’S, 20°09’E, 18.XI–15.XII.1988, E. MARAIS &amp; M. PAxTON LEG. (SMN 42051); 1♀, SANDFONTEIN, [28°42’S, 18°33’E], I.1921, S. GILLMAN LEG. (SAM B5639); 1♀, WATERBERG, [2017AD], II.1920, R.W. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B5132); 1♂, WESTERN CAPRIVI, 17°30’S, 23°00’E, I.1989, J . EVANS LEG. (ACAT 89/897); 1♀, WEST CAPRIVI, OMEGA BASE, 18°02’S, 22°13’E, 7.IV.1990, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41798); SOUTH AFRICA: FREE STATE PROVINCE, 1♀, BENFONTEIN, 28°49’S, 24°49’E, 1.III.1981, S . ERASMUS LEG. (ACAT 2004/532); 4♂, 5♀ AND 1 IMM., BLOEMFONTEIN, 29°08’S, 26°10’E, 7.IV.1987, 18.V.1987, VIII.1988, D.J. KOK LEG., 20.VII.1989, 20.II.1990, 9.VII.1991, IX.1987, J. dU PREEz LEG., 25.IV.1994, R. OUzMAN LEG., 15.III.2010, B. vAN ESSIN LEG. (NMBA 1920, 1921, 2663, 2909, 5010, 5260, 5423, 10162, 8053, 16393); 5♂, 3♀ AND 10 IMM., BLOEMfONTEIN, LANGENHOvENpARk, 29°08’S, 26°10’E, 12.XI.2005, 28.I.2007, 3.IX.2007, 10.IV.2008, 23.III.2010, 30.X.2010, 18.X.2010, C. HADDAD LEG. (NMBA 9769, 10444, 10692, 11611, 15265, 15859, 16462); 1♂ AND 1 IMM., BOSHOF, STOWLANDS 719, 27°54’S, 25°12’E, 23.V.1998, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 8708); 2♀, BRANDFORT, AMANzI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE, 28°35’S, 26°26’E, 27.II.2012, V. BUTLER LEG. (NMBA 16401); 1♂ AND 1♀, BRANDFORT, FLORISBAD, 28°46’S, 26°05’E, 30.VIII.1988, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 2669), 2.III.1999 (NMBA 8861); 4♂, 3♀ AND 5 IMM., HOOpSTAd, SANdvELd NATURE RESERvE, 27°39’S, 25°42’E, 25.X.2003, C. HAddAd LEG. (NMBA 10117), 22.IX.2003 (NMBA 10154), 13.III.2008, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 11744), 19.III.2008 (NMBA 11942); 1♂, PETRUSbURG, STERkfONTEIN, 29°11’S, 25°17’E, 8.IV.2010, M. PIENAAR LEG. (NMBA 15268); KWAZULU-NATAL PROvINcE, 3♂, 9♀, INGWAvUMA, NdUMO GAME RESERvE, 26°53’S, 32°18’E, 9.II.2005, C. HAddAd LEG. (NMBA 9777), 7.VII.2000 (NMBA 10155), 6.VII.2004 (NMBA 10679), 12.I.2007 (NMBA 14711), 30.VI.2009 (NMBA 14714), 4.VII.2009, C. HAddAd, R. LYLE &amp; V. BUTLER LEG. (AcAT 2005/1851), 19.VI.2006, C. HAddAd &amp; F. JORdAAN LEG. (ACAT 2006/1274); 1♀, 1♂, UBOMBO, MKHUzE GAME RESERVE, 27°38’S, 32°15’E, 22.I.2006, E. GROBBELAAR LEG. (ACAT 2010/993), 27°36’S, 32°13’E, 18.VIII.2007, C. SMITH LEG. (ACAT 2008/4658); LIMPOPO PROVINCE, 1♂, 1♀ ANd 1 IMM ., AcAcIA LOdGE GAME RESERvE, 20kM NORTHEAST <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.366667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.566668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.366667/lat -24.566668)">Of</a> THAbAzIMbI, 24°34’S, 27°22’E, 14.IX.2005, D. PENNEY &amp; A.S . DIPPENAAR LEG. (ACAT 2010/1477); 1♀, 14KM WEST OF BEIT BRIDGE, 22°04’S, 29°50’E, 28.I.1993, B. GROBBELAAR LEG. (ACAT 92/598); 7♂, BLOUBERG NATURE RESERVE, 23°01’S, 29°04’E, 29.XI.2005, S.H. FOORD LEG. (AcAT 2008/3287), 26.III.2006 (AcAT 2 009/1783), 1.III.2006, S.H. FOORd &amp; E.M. STAM LEG. (AcAT 2 009/1930), P. TSHIvHANdEkANO LEG. (AcAT 2009/2093), 25.III.2006, V. GALEbE LEG. (AcAT 2009/2369), 22°59’S, 29°08’E, 26.III.2006, S.H. FOORD LEG. (ACAT 2009/2370); 5♂, 21♀ AND 9 IMM., DENDRON, AMSTERDAM, 23°22’S, 29°19’E, V.1969, PETRUS LEG. (AcAT 76/426), 12.VI.1969 (AcAT 76/488), 6.XI.1969 (AcAT 76/1151), IV–XI.1970 (AcAT 77/100), 5.V.1971 (AcAT 77/102), XI.1970, J. VILjOEN LEG. (AcAT 77/105), 15.IV.1974, A.S. DIppENAAR LEG. (AcAT 79/195); 1♀, DWARSRIVIER, 56KM SOUTH OF LOUIS TRICHARDT, [CA. 23°31’S, 29°43’E], 26.III.1958, E.S. ROSS &amp; R.E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); 3♂, HOEDSPRUIT, 24°20’S, 30°56’E, 15.I.1995, J. GROBBELAAR LEG. (ACAT 95/178), 15.III.2006, I. ROESCH LEG. (ACAT 2010/621); 1♂, 5♀, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, 5KM NORTHEAST OF BATELEUR CAMP, 23°12’S, 31°13’E, 5.I.2007, SPIDER CLUB LEG. (ACAT 2010/5377); 15♂, 9♀ AND 9 IMM., KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, LETABA AIRSTRIP, CA. 5KM <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.566668&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.833334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.566668/lat -23.833334)">NORTH Of</a> LETAbA CAMp, 23°50’S, 31°34’E, 24–29.X.2005, I. ENGELbREcHT &amp; M . PAULSEN LEG. (AcAT 2006/1313, 2007/2285, 2007/2286, 2007/2287); 2♀, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, NEAR PAFURI, 22°28’S, 31°18’E, 14.I.2007, A. LEROY LEG. (ACAT 98/399); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, 20KM SOUTHEAST OF SHINGWEDzI CAMP, 23°13’S, 31°34’E, 2.I.2007, SPIDER CLUB LEG. (ACAT 2010/1287); 5♀ AND 4 IMM., KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, 15KM SOUTHWEST OF SHINGWEdzI CAMp, 23°10’S, 31°18’E, 2.I.2007, SpIdER CLUb LEG. (AcAT 2010/2683), 5.I.2007 (AcAT 2010/5367); 1♀, LEOPARD CREEK NATURE RESERVE, CALEDONIA, 23°50’S, 27°57’E, 12.II.2009, S.H. FOORD LEG. (ACAT 2010/4907); 1♀, LIMPOPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, 22°13’S, 29°08’E, 27.IV.1997, J . LEEMING LEG. (ACAT 2010/189); 1♀, LONDOLOzI, 24°52’S, 31°32’E, 19.IV.1990, L. PRENDINI LEG. (ACAT 90/167); 4♀, LONDON 555, 14KM FROM NABOOMSPRUIT, 24°30’S, 28°43’E X.2005, D. FUCHS LEG. (ACAT 2009/4416); 1♂, 1♀, 29KM SOUTH OF LOUIS TRICHARDT, [CA. 23°21’S, 29°48’E], 25.III.1958, E.S. ROSS &amp; R.E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); 1♀, MARKEN, 23°36’S, 28°24’E, 25.V.1990, M. FILMER LEG. (ACAT 90/396); 1♂, 1♀, ONS EIGEGROND, 40KM WEST OF MESSINA, 22°20’S, 30°02’E, 16.VI.1979, M. STILLER LEG. (ACAT 83/213, 83/214); 1♀, PAFURI, WALLER’S CAMP, 22°26’S, 30°55’E, 20.II.2008, S.H. FOORD LEG. (ACAT 2010/2244); 1♂, PIETERSBURG, 24°10’S, 29°00’E, 13.III.1998, C. SPIES LEG. (ACAT 98/338); 2♀, POTGIETERSRUS, DRIEFONTEIN 317, 24°26’S, 28°45’E, VIII.2007, C. KOORTzEN LEG. (NMBA 10693); 2♂, 4♀ AND 1 IMM., ROCHDALE NEAR WATERPOORT, 22°32’S, 29°25’E, 4.IV.1993, J. LEROY LEG. (ACAT 2000/ 47), A. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2000/48), 3–4.IV.1998, W. CROUcAMp LEG. (AcAT 2007/1618, 2007/1622), 3.XII.1998 (ACAT 2000/49); 2♀, SOUTPANSBERG, BERGPAN, 23°24’S, 30°56’E, 18, 19.III.2006, R. GALLON LEG. (ACAT 2008/3023, 2008/3024); 1♀, SPRINBOKVLAKTE, SETTLERS, TUINPLAAS, 24°54’S, 28°44’E, 11.VI.2002, M. VAN JAARSVELD LEG. (ACAT 2003/490); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., VENETIA, 22°19’S, 29°20’E, 24.III.2008, S.H. FOORD LEG. (ACAT 2010/2057); 1♂, VHEMBI BIOSPHERE, BRISTOW FARM BRI 6, 23°10’S, 29°46’E, 4.I.2012, C. SCHOEMAN LEG. (ACAT 2015/641); 1♀, WARMBAD, LEEUDORINGS, 24°53’S, 28°18’E, 10.III.1980, D. UYS LEG. (ACAT 82 /198); MPUMALANGA PROVINCE, 2♀, ALTHORPE, 10KM EAST OF KAAPMUIDEN, 25°32’S, 31°20’E, 13.IV.1979, M . STILLER LEG. (ACAT 83/212); 1♀, GROBLERSDAL, VAALFONTEIN, 25°10’S, 29°24’E, 19.I.1981, D. UYS LEG. (ACAT 86/126); 1♀, KAAPMUIDEN, [25°32’S, 31°20’E], XI.1918, R.W. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B4295); 5♂ AND 1 IMM., KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, 24°59’S, 31°35’E, 1.VIII.2005, 29. IX.2 0 0 5, K. HARRIS LEG. (ACAT 2008/4474, 2008/4475, 2008/4476, 2008/4477); 1♀, KRUGER NATIONAL PARk, 17kM <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.933332&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.266666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.933332/lat -25.266666)">NORTH Of</a> CROcOdILE BRIdGE, [25°16’S, 31°56’E], 29.XII.2003, M . PAULSEN LEG. (AcAT 2004/ 397); 1♂, 1♀, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, LWAKAHLE, 25°19’S, 31°34’E, 25–30.VI.2007, G. ELLIS LEG. (ACAT 2008/908); 1♂, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SABIPOORT CAMP, 25°09’S, 31°59’E, 9–14.VII.2007, G. ELLIS LEG. (ACAT 2008/909); 1♂, 1♀, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SATARA, 24°37’S, 31°53’E, 2–7.VII.2007, G. ELLIS LEG. (ACAT 2008/78, 2008/907); 6♂, 6♀, KRUGER NATIONAL PARk, SkUkUzA CAMp, 24°59’S, 31°36’E, 20.IV.1998, A. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2007/1616), 26.IV.1998, J. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2007/1617), 1.VIII.2005, K. HARRIS LEG. (AcAT 2007/4231), 29.IX.2005 (AcAT 2007/4232, 2007/4233, 2007/4234), 27.I.2006 (ACAT 2009/2492, 2009/2493, 2009/2495); 7♂, 3♀, KRUGER NATIONAL PARk, VUTOME, 24°36’S, 31°48’E, 2–7.VII.2007, G. ELLIS LEG. (AcAT 2008/79), 25°14’S, 32°05’E, 18– 23.VI.2007, (ACAT 2008/903, 2008/904, 2008/905, 2008/906, 2008/919); 3♂, 3♀ AND 1 IMM., MARBLE HALL, 24°58’S, 29°18’E, 15.V.2002, M. MELLET LEG. (AcAT 2004/1206), 15.IV.2003 (AcAT 2004/1207); NORTHERN CApE PROVINCE, 1♀, HERBERT, DOUGLAS, 29°03’S, 23°47’E, 11.IV.2001, F. VAN DEVENTER LEG. (NMBA 10157); 1♀, HERBERT, GEELKOPPIES, 28°44’S, 23°53’E, 26.IV.2002, C. HADDAD LEG. (NMBA 10159); 1♂, HERBERT, MUSHAVI GAME RANCH, 28°53’S, 23°55’E, II.2011, V. BUTLER LEG. (NMBA 15875); 1♂, KIMBERLEY, [28°44’S, 24°46’E], II.1917, J.H. POWER LEG. (SAM B2968); 2♀, KIMBERLEY, REVIERPLAAS, 29°02’S, 24°40’E, 3.IX.2012, B. WILSON-AITCHISON LEG. (NMBA 16387), 28.XII.2012 (NMBA 16399); 2♂, 3♀, KIMBERLEY, SECRETARIUS 89, 28°40’S, 24°29’E, 8.II.2002, B. WILSON- AITcHISON LEG. (NMBA 7357), IX.2000 (NMBA 8697), 3.VI.2002 (NMBA 10160), 24.II.2007 (NMBA 10164, 11595); 1♀, TSWALU KALAHARI GAME RESERVE, 27°18’S, 22°27’E, 12.II.2006, R. JOCqUé LEG. (ACAT 2011/1203); NORTHWEST PROvINcE, 1♂, 2♀, BAbERSpAN, 26°30’S, 25°30’E, 26.III.1986, V . MORGAN LEG. (AcAT 87/493, 87/516), 4.IV.1987, M. FILMER LEG. (ACAT 98/1137); 1♀ AND 2 IMM., GROOT MARICO RIVER, [NO ExACT LOCALITY], II.1918, R.W. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B3720); 1♀, KLERKSDORP, 26°51’S, 26°40’E, 15.V.2002, A. VENTER LEG. (ACAT 2002/261); 1♀, ZEERUST, 25°32’S, 26°05’E, 2.V.2010, V. GELEBE LEG. (ACAT); ZAMBIA: 1♀, NEAR CHOMA, WILDLIVES GAME FARM, HUNTER’S CAMP, 16°59’S, 26°37’E, 3.XII.2006, C. HADDAD LEG. (NMBA 10448); ZIMBABWE: 1♀, 3.2KM NORTHWEST OF BALLA BALLA, [CA. 20°26’S, 29°02’E], 22.III.1958, E.S . ROSS &amp; R.E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); 1♂, 5KM NORTH OF BEIT BRIDGE, [CA. 22°11’S, 29°59’E], 13.IV.1992, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 10132); 3♂ AND 8 IMM., 4KM NORTHEAST OF GONONO SCHOOL, [CA. 16°04’S, 30°52’E], 28–31.III.1997, F. &amp; S . NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 13087); 1♂, 16KM SOUTHWEST OF SHABANI, [CA. 20°26’S, 30°08’E], 21.III.1958, E.S. ROSS &amp; R.E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); 1♀, 27KM NORTHEAST OF ZIMBABWE [RUINS?, CA. 20°15’S, 30°57’E], 20.III.1958, COLLECTOR UNKNOWN (CAS); 2♂, 3♀ AND 1 IMM., BAOBAB SPRING, 2129CC, 13.IV.1990, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 9850); 2♀ AND 1 IMM., BUCHWA, 2030CB, 19.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/ A 11652); 2♂, 3♀ AND 2 IMM., BULAWAYO, [20°10’S, 28°35’E], V.1917, R.W . TUCKER LEG. (SAM B3300); 3♂, 4♀ AND 4 IMM., BULAWAYO, HILLSIDE, 20°10’S, 28°35’E, 15.V.1991, L.H.B. MORRIS LEG. (NMZ/A 8760), 20.XII.1992 (NMZ/ A 10469), 11.X.1993 (NMZ/ A 12355), III.1999, M. FITzPATRIck LEG. (NMZ/ A 14067); 2♀, CHIKWARAKWARA, 2231AC, 12.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 11568); 1♀, CHILOMWE, 2231AA, 13.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 11573); 1♀, CHIPISE SCHOOL, 2230BB, 11.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/ A 11541); 2♂, 4♀ AND 2 IMM., CHISHAKWE RANCH, SAFARI CAMP, 2032AA, 3–7.XII.1998, GIRLS COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 13382); 1♀, CHIVUMBURU, LOWVELD, 2131AC, 2.IV.1979, P. DONNELLY LEG. (NMZ/A 624); 1♀, DEVONIA, 28KM NORTH OF CHINHOYI, 1730AA, 16.VIII.1992, T. TRULUCK LEG. (NMZ/A 10 482); 1♀, DHAVHATA SCHOOL, 2231AC, 19.XII.1996, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 13359); 2♀ AND 10 IMM., DWALA RANCH, BUBIANA CONSERVANCY, 2129BA, 28.XI.1993, RALEIGH INTERN-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/ A 10779); 2♀, FALCON COLLEGE, 20°13’S, 28°58’E, 10–17.XI.1990, V.D. &amp; B. ROTH LEG. (CAS); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., HUMANI RANCH, STORE CAMP, 2032CB, 11.IV.1987, FALCON COLLAGE- NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 5996); 1♀, KHAMI RUINS, 2028AB, 15.V.1989, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 7330); 1♀, MACHENA, MARANDA COMMUNAL LAND, 2130AB, 15.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 11583); 1♀, MAKUGWE, NEAR NUANETSI, 21°25’S, 30°44’E, 20.VII.1977, P. REAVELL LEG. (ACAT 84/892); 6♀, MALEME JUNIOR STAFF QUARTERS, 2028DA, 15.II.1996, GIRLS COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/ A 12837); 1♀, MALIPATI, 2231AB, 16.XII.1996, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/ A 13343); 2♂, MANAMA, 2128DB, 7.II.1993, N. BERGMAN LEG. (NMZ/A 10489, 10490); 1♀ AND 4 IMM., MANAMA HOSPITAL, 2128DD, 14.XII.1996, F . NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 13326); 4♂, 1♀, MATOPOS NATIONAL PARK, HOVI-MPOPOMA, 2028CB, 13.XII.1992, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 10429); 1♂, 3♀ AND 6 IMM., MATOPOS NATIONAL PARK, LUSHONGWE PLATFORM, 2028CB, 1992, COLLECTOR UNKNOWN, 11.XII.1992, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 10368, 10418); 1♀, MATOPOS NATIONAL PARK, MAWA, 2028CB, 7.II.1993, GIRLS COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/ A 10621); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., MATOPOS R.E.P. SCHOOL, 2028BC, 1.X.1979, S. HIGGINS LEG. (NMZ/A 497); 2♀ AND 2 IMM., MBERENGWA GROTH POINT, 2029BD, 22.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG. (NMZ/A 11696); 1♂ AND 2 IMM., MTSHABEzI DAM SITE, 2028DB, 25.I.1993, M.J. FITzPATRICK LEG. (NMZ/A 10265); 1♀, MVUMA, 1930BC, II.1990, 14.XII.1992, L.H.B. MORRIS LEG. (NMZ/A 7780, 10333); 1♂, 1♀ AND 2 IMM., NEAR NATIONAL PARK’S CAMP, 2129CC, 10.IV.1990, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/ A 9827); 2♂, 3♀ AND 1 IMM., NUNGU FARM, 20°30’S, 28°29’E, 11.II.2000, GIRLS COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 14147); 1♀, OLD BULAWAYO, 20°18’S, 28°38’E, 15.VI.1993, F. NYATHI LEG (NMZ/A 14517); 1♂, 2♀ AND 3 IMM., PANDA MINE, 2230AD, 9.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG (NMZ/A 11517); 2♂, 4♀ AND 3 IMM., PIONEER CEMETERY, 2129CC, 9.IV.1990, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 9811); 1♀, RUNDE RIVER BRIDGE, 2030AC, 1.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG (NMZ/A 11358); 1♀, SABLE PARK, 1829DD, 10.IV.1983, M. BLEAKNEY LEG. (NMZ/A 1799); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., SABLE PARK, KWEKWE, 1829DD, 9.IV.1983, M. STEVENS LEG. (NMZ/A 1734); 1♀, SABLE VALLEY LODGE, 1826DB, 13.IV.1995, I. WALSH LEG. (NMZ/A 12334); 1♀, SARAHURU SIDING, 2030DC, 17.II.1994, F. NYATHI LEG (NMZ/ A 11636); 1♀, SAWMILLS, 19°32’S, 28°04’E, 17.IX.1999, F. NYATHI LEG (NMZ/A 14017); 2♂, 10♀ AND 5 IMM., SENTINAL RANCH, HUNTERS CAMP, 2229AB, 16.IV.1990, 5.IV.1992, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 9935, 10036); 1♂, 2♀, SENTINAL RANCH, OLD HOMESTEAD, 2229BA, 8.IV.1992, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 10156); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., SENTINAL RANCH, WESTERN BOUNDARY, 2229AB, 7.IV.1992, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/ A 10082); 1♂, 1♀ AND 1 IMM., ST JAMES MISSION, 19°56’S, 28°02’E, XII.1 994, IV.1995, S. WILSON LEG. (NMZ/ A 12415, 14566); 1♀, TRIBUTARY OF BURALE RIVER, 2129CC, 12.IV.90, FALCON COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 9863); 2♀ AND 2 IMM., VICTORIA FALLS, 17°56’S, 25°50’E, 1–8.II.1995, W.J. PULAWSkI LEG. 29.XI.1996, W.J. PULAWSkI &amp; V. AHRONS LEG. (CAS, 2 VIALS); 2♂, 1♀ AND 2 IMM., WESTWOOD HUNTERS CAMP, 1725CD, GIRLS COLLAGE-NHMZ LEG. (NMZ/A 11093).</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM GRASSLANd, fROM UNdER ROckS, LOGS ANd bARk ANd fROM INSIdE TERMITE MOUNdS, LEAf LITTER, cAvES ANd bUILdINGS.</p><p>Distribution. WIdELY dISTRIbUTEd THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN pART Of AfRIcA (FIG. 41).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D5496740FF48F9CF5616F9E6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D54C675EFF48F99C51D2FF5E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles smithi Simon 1897	<div><p>Loxosceles smithi Simon, 1897</p><p>(FIGS. 15, 34)</p><p>Loxosceles smithii Simon, 1897: 386 . Loxosceles smithi — Lotz, 2012: 32.</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=40.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.75" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 40.7/lat 7.75)">Specimens</a> studied. ETHIOpIA: ♂ LEcTOTYpE fROM SHEIkH HUSEIN [SHEk HUSEN], GALLARUM REGION [07°45’N, 40°42’E], (BMNH) ; KENYA: 1♀, 49.6KM SOUTHWEST OF NAIROBI, [CA. 01°37’S, 36°24’E, 20.XI.1969, IRWIN &amp; ROSS LEG. (CAS); 1♂, COAST PROVINCE, TIWI BEACHES, CA. 17KM SOUTH OF MOMBASA, 04°14’S, 39°36’E, 24–26.VI.1999, W.J. PULAWSKI &amp; J.S. SCHWEIKERT LEG. (CAS); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., TEITA PROVINCE, 17.6KM SOUTH OF MAKTAU, [CA. 03°32’S, 38°09’E], 2.XI.1957, E.S. ROSS &amp; R .E. LEECH LEG. (CAS); MALAWI: 1♀, 17.7KM NORTH OF EKWEDENI, [CA. 11°12’S, 33°53’E], 20.VII.1972, E.S. ROSS LEG . (CAS); TANzANIA: 1♀, 20.8KM WEST OF NGARE NANYUKI, 03°08’S, 36°42’E, 10.I.1970, IRWIN &amp; ROSS LEG . (CAS); 1♂, TANGA, EAST OF USAMBARA MOUNTAINS, AMANI FOREST, 05°06’S, 38°38’E, 27.X–9.XI.1995, C.E. GRISWOLd, N. ScHARff &amp; D. UbIck LEG . (CAS).</p><p>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).</p><p>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?.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Distribution. EASTERN AfRIcA, fROM ETHIOpIA TO MALAWI (FIG. 41).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D54C675EFF48F99C51D2FF5E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D552675EFF48FA9051DAF900.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles speluncarum Simon 1893	<div><p>Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893</p><p>(FIGS 16, 35)</p><p>Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893: 273; 1894: 64; Newlands, 1975: 146, f. 6; 1986: 73, f. 46–48; Lotz, 2012: 32.</p><p>Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: GAUTENG PROvINcE, PRETORIA, 2♀ ANd 3 IMM., ApIES RIvER CAvE, 25°47’S, 28°13’E, 15.II.2002, M . MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2005/359); 1♀, FOUNTAIN CAVES, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 23.X.2002, J. MYBURGH LEG. (ACAT 2004/518); 1♂, GROENKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, 25°47’S, 28°12’E, 1.II.1998, A. LEROY LEG. (AcAT 2007/1621); WONdERbOOM CAvE, 25°42’S, 28°12’E, 9.IX.1999, J. MYbURGH LEG. (AcAT 2003/1451).</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES. SOME SpEcIMENS WERE cOLLEcTEd fROM THE SAME cAvE AS L. parramae .</p><p>Distribution. CAvES IN THE PRETORIA AREA, SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 39).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D552675EFF48FA9051DAF900	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D552675FFF48F8FC516BFDF6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell 1904	<div><p>Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904</p><p>(FIGS 17, 36)</p><p>Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904: 140; Newlands, 1975: 144, f. 2–5, 8, 10–13; 1986: 77, f. 52–54; Lotz, 2012: 34.</p><p>Specimens studied. SOUTH AfRIcA: EASTERN CApE PROvINcE, 1♀, GREAT FISH RIvER RESERvE, ULSTER fARM bORdER, 33°29’S, 27°08’E, 4.X.1993, M . BURGER LEG. (ACAT 96 /13); 1♀ AND 1 IMM., HANKEY, BAVIAANSKLOOF RD., 33°43’S, 24°37’E, 20.I.2004, L.N. LOTz LEG. (NMBA 9201); 1♂, HUMANSDORP, JEFFREYS BAY, 34°04’S, 20°05’E, 2.III.1995, J. DU PREEz LEG. (NMBA 8158); WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, 2♀, DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE, POTBERG, 34°17’S, 20°17’E, 4.IV.2004, C . HADDAD LEG. (ACAT 2007/3374); 1♂, HEIDELBERG, GROOTVADERSBOS, 34°01’S, 20°46’E, 1.II.1989, G. MÜLLER LEG. (ACAT 89/289); 1♀ AND 2 IMM., MONTAGU, [33°47’S, 20°07’E], XI.1919, R.W. TUCKER LEG. (SAM B4761); ♀ HOLOTYPE, SWELLENDAM, PASS AT AVONTUUR, NEAR STORMSVLEI, [34°04’S, 20°05’E], W.F. PURCELL, AUGUST 1900 (SAM X007915).</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM FYNbOS, fROM pITfALL TRApS, fROM UNdER ROckS ANd LOGS, ANd fROM INSIdE bUILdINGS.</p><p>Distribution. SOUTHERN pART Of SOUTH AfRIcA (FIG. 38).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D552675FFF48F8FC516BFDF6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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.text	03FB8670D553675FFF48FDAC5177FBE4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loxosceles vonwredei Newlands 1980	<div><p>Loxosceles vonwredei Newlands, 1980</p><p>(FIGS 18, 37)</p><p>Loxosceles vonwredei Newlands, 1980: 367, f. 1–5; 1986: 81, f. 58–60; Lotz, 2012: 36.</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.283333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.466667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.283333/lat -19.466667)">Specimens</a> studied. NAMIBIA: 1♀, AIGAMUS CAVE, 19°28’S, 17°17’E, 2.XI.1985, J. IRISH LEG. (SMN 38769) ; GROOTfONTEIN, 1♂, 4♀ ANd 13 IMM., UISIb CAvE, 19°33’S, 17°12’E, 4–5.VIII.1995, E. MARAIS LEG., 16.VIII.2005, G. BINFORD LEG. (SMN 43679, 43684, 43685, 45840); 1♀ AND 2 IMM., UHLENHORST CAVE, [19°33’S, 17°09’E], 6.VII.1993, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43054); 1♀ AND 4 IMM., OTAVI, MäRCHEN CAVE, [CA. 19°38’S, 17°18’E], 30.VIII.1990, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 41 831).</p><p>Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM INSIdE cAvES.</p><p>Distribution. CAvES IN NORTH-cENTRAL NAMIbIA (FIG. 39).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670D553675FFF48FDAC5177FBE4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lotz, L. N.	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
