Hexophthalma albospinosa, (PURCELL, 1908), 2017

Magalhaes, Ivan L F, Brescovit, Antonio D & Santos, Adalberto J, 2017, Phylogeny of Sicariidae spiders (Araneae: Haplogynae), with a monograph on Neotropical Sicarius, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (4), pp. 767-864 : 851-852

HEXOPHTHALMA ALBOSPINOSA ( PURCELL, 1908) COMB. NOV.

Figures 20A and B , 21A and B , 62A – C

Sicarius albospinosus Purcell, 1908: 224 . Female lectotype from Namibia, Great Namaqualand, L uderitz € Bucht, L. Schultze (SAM-ENW-X 150521), designated by Lotz (2012), not examined; female paralectotype from Namibia, Great Namaqualand, Angra Pequena, L. Schultze (ZMB 10468), examined ( Fig. 62A – C ). Lawrence, 1938: 215, fig. 1; Lotz, 2012: 3, figs 2A, 3A, 4A.

Note: Lotz (2012) redescribed this species, but his illustrations of genitalia (see his figs 3A, 4A) do not fit with the morphology of the paralectotype examined by us ( Fig. 62A – C ), nor with that of a pair from the type locality ( Figs 21A, B , 20A, B ). Our specimens have an embolus almost as long as the bulb body in males, and spermathecal branches long and finger-like in females. We refrain from re-diagnosing the species as we have not examined the lectotype designated by Lotz (2012), but the identity of the species should be clarified in the future.

Additional material examined: NAMIBIA. Karas: 6 km N L uderitz €, dunes behind Agate beach, (15.16667, 26.58333), C.E. Griswold & T . Meikle Griswold , 9/X/1984, 1 # 1 $ 2 imm. ( KNM 21143 ); Fish River Canyon, Ai-Ais , [17.61444, 27.58889], N.A. Leroy, VII/1981, 1 $ ( TM 19868 ) . SOUTH AFRICA. Northern Cape: Bloeddrift, West of Arnisfont, Richtersveld , [17.09935, 29.00169], W.D. Maacke, 25/II/1962, 1 $ 1 imm. ( TM 22784 ) .

HEXOPHTHALMA DAMARENSIS ( LAWRENCE, 1928)

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Figure 20. Sicariinae from Africa, genitalia. A, Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908) comb. nov. from L€ uder- itz, Karas, Namibia (KNM 21143), male bulb, prolateral. B, Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908) comb. nov. from L€ uderitz, Karas, Namibia (KNM 21143), female spermathecae, ventral. C, Hexophthalma sp. 2 from Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia (AcAT 2013/4241), male bulb, prolateral. D, Hexophthalma sp. 2 from 73 km E Walvis Bay, Namibia (AcAT 2013/4239), female spermathecae, ventral. E, Hexophthalma spatulata (Pocock, 1900) comb. nov. from Mossel Bay, South Africa (TM 22762), male bulb, prolateral. F, Hexophthalma spatulata (Pocock, 1900) comb. nov. from Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (AcAT 2013/1514), female spermathecae, ventral. Arrows point to embolus keels. Bd, bulb body; Bs, bulb base; E, embolus; IS, inner spermathecae; OS, outer spermathecae. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Figure 21. Sicariinae from Africa, genitalia. A, Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908) comb. nov. from L€ uder- itz, Karas, Namibia (KNM 21143), male palp, prolateral. B, same data, female spermathecae, ventral. C, Hexophthalma sp. 2 from Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia (AcAT 2013/4241), male bulb, prolateral. D, Hexophthalma sp. 2 from 73 km E Walvis Bay, Namibia (AcAT 2013/4239), female spermathecae, ventral. Arrows point to incrassated region of the spermophor. Bd, bulb body; Bs, bulb base; E, embolus; IS, inner spermathecae; OS, outer spermathecae. Scale bars = A, C, 1 mm; B, D, 0.2 mm.

Figure 62. Hexophthalma spp., syntypes. A–C, Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908) comb. nov., female (MfN 10468). A, habitus, dorsal. B, spermathecae, digested, dorsal. C, femur II, macrosetae, anterodorsal. D, Hexophthalma testacea (Purcell, 1908) comb. nov., immature (MfN 48699), habitus, dorsal. Inset: femur II macrosetae, anterodorsal. Scale bars = A, D, 1 mm; B, C, 0.1 mm.