Abstract

The first mainland African representative of Andoharano Lehtinen, 1967, A. ansieae sp. n., is described from north-eastern Namibia on the basis of both sexes. The new species differs from other congeners in peculiarities of coloration in both sexes, as well as in possessing a small thorn at the base of the embolus. The receptacles of Andoharano are studied for the first time. An unexpected occurrence of Andoharano in Namibia, with the genus formerly known only from Madagascar, is briefly discussed.

Highlights

  • Andoharano Lehtinen, 1967 is a small genus of the spider family Filistatidae known prior to this study exclusively from Madagascar (Platnick 2014; WSC 2015)

  • The genus was originally described to accommodate two species, A. decaryi (Fage, 1945) and A. grandidieri (Simon, 1901), both described in Filistata Latreille, 1810

  • The senior author studied a female of Andoharano decaryi

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Summary

Introduction

Andoharano Lehtinen, 1967 is a small genus of the spider family Filistatidae known prior to this study exclusively from Madagascar (Platnick 2014; WSC 2015). Four species are currently assigned to this genus. The copulatory organs, namely the male palp, have been illustrated only for one species, A. grandidieri The genus was originally described to accommodate two species, A. decaryi (Fage, 1945) and A. grandidieri (Simon, 1901), both described in Filistata Latreille, 1810. Soon after the description of the genus, two more species (A. milloti Legendre, 1971 and A. monodi Legendre, 1971) were described from Madagascar. It should be noted that all four species were collected from caves (cf Simon 1901; Fage 1945; Legendre 1971). The genus was assigned to the filistatid subfamily Prithinae Gray, 1995 as a sister genus of Afrofilistata Benoit, 1968 (Gray 1995; Ramirez & Grismado 1997)

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