A revision of the spider genus Simorcus Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) of the afrotropical region

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dc.contributor.author Van Niekerk, P.
dc.contributor.author Dippenaar-Schoeman, Anna S. (Anna Sophia), 1948-
dc.date.accessioned 2011-01-24T07:04:10Z
dc.date.available 2011-01-24T07:04:10Z
dc.date.issued 2010-03
dc.description.abstract The afrotropical representatives of the spider genus Simorcus Simon, 1895 are revised. The genus belongs to the subfamily Strophiinae and is known from the Afrotropical and the Oriental Regions. The genus Simorcus is redescribed and twelve species are keyed out, with six species known from one sex only. Nine species are described as new : S. cummingae (♀, ♂), S. guinea (♀), S. haddadi (♀, ♂), S. hakos (♀), S. itombwe (♂), S. kalemie (♂), S. lotzi (♂), S. okavango (♀) and S. vanharteni (♀, ♂). Of the four previously known species, three are redescribed : S. capensis Simon, 1895, S. coronatus, Simon, 1895 and S. cotti Lessert, 1936. The male of S. cotti is described for the first time and S. zuluanus Lawrence, 1942 is recognized as a junior synonym of S. cotti and a new lectotype for S. capensis is designated. en
dc.identifier.citation Van Niekerk, P & Dippenaar-Schoeman, AS 2010, 'A revision of the spider genus Simorcus Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) of the Afrotropical Region', African Entomology, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 66-86. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ento.html] en
dc.identifier.issn 1021-3589
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15758
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Entomological Society of Southern Africa en
dc.rights Entomological Society of Southern Africa. en
dc.subject Afrotropical Region en
dc.subject Araneae en
dc.subject New species en
dc.subject Simorcus en
dc.subject.lcsh Spiders en
dc.subject.lcsh Thomisidae en
dc.title A revision of the spider genus Simorcus Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) of the afrotropical region en
dc.type Article en


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