Modisimus culicinus ( Simon, 1893 )

Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall & Jacques Francois Mavoungou, 2014, Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 81, pp. 1-46 : 8

11. Modisimus culicinus ( Simon, 1893) . Newly recorded for Central Africa [ Fig. 24 ; Lessert’s (1938) record - sub Hedypsilus lawrencei - from Kananga, Congo D.R., is outside the area considered here].

New records

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE : São Tomé: 1 ♂ in CAS, barricade wall S of Praia du Mutamba (0°23.2’N, 6°35.7’E), 3 May 2001 (J.M. Ledford) .

CONGO D.R.: Bas Congo: 1 ♀ in MRAC ( 128843 ), Mayombe , Luki [5°39’S, 13°04’E], in Cubitermes [ Termitidae ] nest, 20 Sep. 1956 (A. Bouillon) .

Figures

Figs 23 - 24. Known distributions of Leptopholcus tipula (Simon, 1907), Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887), and Modisimus culicinus (Simon, 1893) in Central Africa.