Loxosceles haddadi, Lotz, 2017
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:723F3227-A214-43F8-B598-CD7DFDB8B48B |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5257907 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8670-D547-6748-FF48-FAFA563AF808 |
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Plazi |
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Loxosceles haddadi |
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sp. nov. |
Loxosceles haddadi View in CoL sp. nov.
( FIG. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 18 )
Type : SOUTH AfRIcA: LIMpOpO PROvINcE, ♂ HOLOTYpE fROM SOUTpANSbERG, LAjUMA, 23°02’S, 29°27’E, C. HAddAd LEG., 6.II.2008 ( NMBA 11612 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .
Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR CHARLES HAddAd, cOLLEcTOR Of THE TYpE SpEcIMEN.
Diagnosis. MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM MORE THAN TWIcE AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH, MOST SIMILAR TO L. parramae ( FIG. 10 View FIGURES 1 – 18 ); 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 View FIGURES 1 – 18 ).
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 View FIGURES 1 – 18 ). 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.
Distribution. ONLY kNOWN fROM THE TYpE LOcALITY IN NORTHERN SOUTH AfRIcA ( FIG. 40 View FIGURES 40 ).
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.
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