A survey of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Ascension Island with description of a new species of Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994

By

Sherwood, Danniella
Marusik, Yuri M.
Sharp, Adam
Ashmole, Philip

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-11-15

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

64

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

291--302

Subjects

Aranei , Distribution , gnaphosid , inventory , new species , taxonomy , United Kingdom Overseas Territories

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.113946

 

Abstract

An updated checklist of the gnaphosid spiders of Ascension Island – comprising five species, in five genera – is presented, based on examination of historical and new specimens from across Ascension, including its islet Boatswain Bird Island. The continued presence of the non-native Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875), Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1842), and Zelotes laetus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), previously recorded by prior workers, is confirmed. Two species are newly recorded from the island: Synaphosus syntheticus (Chamberlin, 1924) from the mainland and Australoechemus vickyaesp. nov. (♂♀) from both Boatswain Bird Island and the mainland.