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Buitinga ruhiza Huber 2003

Description

17. Buitinga ruhiza Huber, 2003. Uganda (Huber 2003a).

New records

UGANDA: 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ in ZFMK (Ar 8675), Kanungu District, Bwindi Impenetrable N.P., waterfall trail near Buhoma (0°59.8’-1°00.2’S, 29°36.9-37.2’E), ~ 1500-1600 m a.s.l., 22 Nov. 2010 (B.A. Huber); 3 ♀♀, 1 juv. in pure ethanol in ZFMK (Uga 122), same data.

Note

The ZFMK has some poorly preserved specimens of a very similar undescribed species from Rwanda, near Nyakabuya, Cyamudongo Forest (ZFMK Ar 5210-12). The MRAC has specimens of a further undescribed species from Burundi, Forêt de Rwegura (2 ♂♂: MRAC 214019, 214108; 5 ♀♀: MRAC 213725, 214018, 214021, 214071, 214117).

Notes

Published as part of Bernhard A. Huber & Charles M. Warui, 2012, East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), pp. 1-44 in European Journal of Taxonomy 29 (29) on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.29, http://zenodo.org/record/1406636

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZFMK
Event date
2010-11-22
Family
Pholcidae
Genus
Buitinga
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
Ar 8675 , Uga 122
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Huber
Species
ruhiza
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2010-11-22
Taxonomic concept label
Buitinga ruhiza Huber, 2003 sec. Huber & Warui, 2012

References

  • Huber B. A. 2003 a. High species diversity in one of the dominant groups of spiders in East African montane forests (Araneae: Pholcidae: Buitinga n. gen., Spermophora Hentz). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 555 - 619. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1096 - 3642.2003.00053. x