And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)

By

Haddad, Charles R

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-1-23

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

66

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

19--64

Subjects

Grass , new species , tree canopies

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.66.139299

 

Abstract

As part of ongoing revisions of the Afrotropical Trachelidae, four new genera are described from southern Africa: Foordanagen. nov., with F. distinctasp. nov. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) as the type species, F. flavipodasp. nov. from the Free State, F. kasougasp. nov. from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and a fourth undescribed species from Zimbabwe; the monotypic Mushimanegen. nov., with M. tswibilinkisp. nov. from KwaZulu-Natal as the type species; Namaquellagen. nov., with N. aridasp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and N. samanthaesp. nov. from the Western Cape; and Rukulukgen. nov. from South Africa, with R. gramineussp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and a second undescribed species from KwaZulu-Natal known only from juveniles.