And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)
As part of ongoing revisions of the Afrotropical Trachelidae, four new genera are described from southern Africa: Foordana gen. nov., with F. distincta sp. nov. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) as the type species, F. flavipoda sp. nov. from the Free State...
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| description | As part of ongoing revisions of the Afrotropical Trachelidae, four new genera are described from southern Africa: Foordana gen. nov., with F. distincta sp. nov. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) as the type species, F. flavipoda sp. nov. from the Free State, F. kasouga sp. nov. from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and a fourth undescribed species from Zimbabwe; the monotypic Mushimane gen. nov., with M. tswibilinki sp. nov. from KwaZulu-Natal as the type species; Namaquella gen. nov., with N. arida sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and N. samanthae sp. nov. from the Western Cape; and Rukuluk gen. nov. from South Africa, with R. gramineus sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and a second undescribed species from KwaZulu-Natal known only from juveniles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-450d61d35cc243d6ab9ebd29a481be7a2025-01-25T08:31:58ZengPensoft PublishersAfrican Invertebrates2305-25622025-01-01661196410.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299139299And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)Charles R. Haddad0University of the Free StateAs part of ongoing revisions of the Afrotropical Trachelidae, four new genera are described from southern Africa: Foordana gen. nov., with F. distincta sp. nov. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) as the type species, F. flavipoda sp. nov. from the Free State, F. kasouga sp. nov. from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and a fourth undescribed species from Zimbabwe; the monotypic Mushimane gen. nov., with M. tswibilinki sp. nov. from KwaZulu-Natal as the type species; Namaquella gen. nov., with N. arida sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and N. samanthae sp. nov. from the Western Cape; and Rukuluk gen. nov. from South Africa, with R. gramineus sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and a second undescribed species from KwaZulu-Natal known only from juveniles.https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/139299/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Charles R. Haddad And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) African Invertebrates |
| title | And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) |
| title_full | And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) |
| title_fullStr | And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) |
| title_short | And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) |
| title_sort | and they just keep coming four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern africa araneae trachelidae |
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