Hexophthalma albospinosa
Authors/Creators
Description
Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908)
Figs 6–8, 17, 25
Sicarius albospinosus Purcell, 1908: 224.
Sicarius albospinosus – Lawrence 1938: 215. — Newlands 1986: 45. — Lotz 2012: 3.
Hexophthalma albospinosa – Magalhaes et al. 2017: 851, figs 20A–B, 21A–B, 62A–C.
Revised diagnosis
Female inner spermathecae consist of long finger-like sacs that branch close to the copulatory tube end, similar to in H. hahni except that the finger-like tubes are longer and thinner (Figs 6–8). Male embolus consisting of a thin pointed apical part and straight-sided thicker basal section (Fig. 17), similar to in H. hahni except for the longer thin apical part in relation to the thicker basal part.
Material examined
Lectotype NAMIBIA: ♀, Lüderitz Bay (Angra Pequena, Great Namaqualand [26°39′ S, 15°09′ E], Jan. 1904, L. Schultze leg. (SAMC X150521).
Paralectotypes NAMIBIA: 2 juv., same data as for lectotype (SAMC X150521).
Other material
NAMIBIA: 1 ♂, Agate Beach, 2615Ca, 9 Oct. 1984, M. Griffin leg. (NMNW 42838); 1 ♀, same data as for preceding (NMNW 42927); 1 ♂, Atlas Bay, Diamond area I, 26°49′ S, 15°08′ E, 13–26 Nov. 1993, E. Marais leg. (NMNW 43252); 1 ♂, between Chameis Head and South Rock, 27°51′ S, 15°39′ E, 6 Aug. 1997, E. Griffin leg. (NMNW 43810); 1♀, 1 imm., Griffiths Bay, Diamond area 1, 26°39′ S, 15°07′ E, 16 Jun. 1993, M. Griffin leg. (NMNW 42894); 1 ♂, Jammerbucht, 27°10′ S, 15°16′ E, 20 Jun. 1993, M. Griffin leg. (NMNW 42912); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, 4 imm., Klinghardts Mountain foothills, Diamond area 1, 27°25′ S, 15°36′ E, 17–18 Jun. 1993, M. Griffin and E. Griffin leg. (NMNW 42905, 42907); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 2 imm., Lüderitz, Diamond area 2, Kowis Mountain, 26°38′25.7″ S, 15°20′46.7″ E, 22 Aug. 2006, EduVentures 9 leg. (NMNW 47257, 47258); 1 ♂, Lüderitz, Lüderitz Peninsula, 26°39′58.5″ S, 15°07′19.9″ E, 14 Dec. 2008 – 3 Feb. 2009, I. Wiesel, T.L. Bird and C. Bird leg. (NMNW 47339); 1 ♂, Lüderitz, Spergebiet National Park, base of Tsaukhaib Mountain, 26°43′01.1″ S, 15°40′05.2″ E, 20 May 2009, EduVentures leg. (NMNW 47367); 1 ♂, NamDeb southern mine, old articulated dumptruck, 30 Jan.–12 Feb. 1997, V. Ward and J. Daneel leg. (NMNW 43565); 2 ♀♀, Oranjemund, 28.55° S, 16.43° E, Jan. 1991, N. Larson leg. (PPRI 91/1530); 1 ♀, Oranjemund site 3, NamDeb mine dumps, 2816Cb, 23–26 Jan. 1998, V. Ward leg. (NMNW 43844); 1 ♂, Oranjemund mining area, control site 5, near Orange River, 20 Sept.–2 Oct. 1996, E. Griffin leg. (NMNW 43554); 1 ♀, Orange River Mouth, coastal dunes, 2826Cb, 10 Nov. 1986, E. Griffin leg. (NMNW 42957).
Natural history
Hexophthalma albospinosa have been collected in the Succulent Karoo biome, by pitfall traps and by hand from under rocks and old roofing tin.
Distribution
Hexophthalma albospinosa is distributed along the southern coastal areas of Namibia (Fig. 25).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NMNW , PPRI , SAMC
- Material sample ID
- NMNW 42838 , NMNW 42894 , NMNW 42905, 42907 , NMNW 42912 , NMNW 42927 , NMNW 42957 , NMNW 43252 , NMNW 43554 , NMNW 43565 , NMNW 43810 , NMNW 43844 , NMNW 47257, 47258 , NMNW 47339 , NMNW 47367 , PPRI 91/1530 , SAMC X150521
- Event date
- 1904-01-31 , 1984-10-09 , 1986-11-10 , 1993-06-16 , 1993-06-17 , 1993-06-20 , 1993-11-13 , 1996-09-20 , 1997-01-30 , 1997-08-06 , 1998-01-23 , 2006-08-22 , 2008-12-14 , 2009-05-20
- Verbatim event date
- 1904-01-31 , 1984-10-09 , 1986-11-10 , 1993-06-16 , 1993-06-17/18 , 1993-06-20 , 1993-11-13/26 , 1996-09-20/10-02 , 1997-01-30/02-12 , 1997-08-06 , 1998-01-23/26 , 2006-08-22 , 2008-12-14/2009-02-03 , 2009-05-20
- Scientific name authorship
- Purcell
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Sicariidae
- Genus
- Hexophthalma
- Species
- albospinosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype , paralectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908) sec. Lotz, 2018
References
- Purcell W. F. 1908. Araneae (1). In: Schultze L. Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903 - 1905. Denkschrift der medicinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft, Jena 13: 203 - 246. Available from https: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 37102545 [accessed 23 Mar. 2018].
- Lawrence R. F. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Spiders. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19: 215 - 226.
- Newlands G. 1986. Necrotic Arachnidism in Southern Africa. Unpublished Ph. D. thesis. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
- Lotz L. N. 2012. Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 3522: 1 - 41.
- Magalhaes I. L. F., Brescovit A. D. & Santos A. J. 2017. Phylogeny of Sicariidae spiders (Araneae: Haplogynae), with a monograph on Neotropical Sicarius. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (4): 767 - 864.