Physocyclus globosus (Taczanowski, 1874)

Bernhard A. Huber & Charles M. Warui, 2012, East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 29 (29), pp. 1-44 : 10-12

52. Physocyclus globosus (Taczanowski, 1874) . Tanzania ( Saaristo, 2001); newly recorded for Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda.

New records

BURUNDI: 1 ♀ in MRAC ( 134827 ), Bujumbura [ 3°22.2’S, 29°22.0’E], 2 Jan. 1969 ( J. Lewalle) . KENYA: 1 ♂, 1 juv. in ZMUC, Malindi, Silversand Campsite [~ 3°14.0’S, 40°07.6’E], 12 Aug. 1979 ( N. Scharff) . MALAWI: 1 ♂ in MRAC ( 153511 part), Chintheche [ 11°50.1’S, 34°10.1’E], in house, 15 Jan. 1978 ( R. Jocqué) . TANZANIA: 1 ♀ in MRAC ( 125959 ), Zanzibar [~ 6°10’S, 39°12’E], 26 Nov. 1968 ( J. Cloudsley Thompson) ; 1 ♂, 1 juv. in MRAC ( 159419 ), Dar es Salaam, U.D.S.M Campus [ 6°46.8’S, 39°12.2’E], 1977 ( K.M. Howell and zoology students) ; 5 juvs. in CAS, Dar es Salaam , in house, 25- 26 Oct. 1995 ( D. Ubick) . UGANDA: 2 ♂♂ in ZFMK ( Ar 8682 ), Bushenyi District, near Katunguru , in building ( 0°08.9’S, 30°03.9’E), 950 m a.s.l., 29 Nov. 2010 ( B.A. Huber) ; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in ZFMK ( Ar 8683 ), Masindi District, Nybyeya , in building ( 1°40.3’N, 31°32.2’E), 1145 m a.s.l., 9 Dec. 2010 ( B.A. Huber) .