Three new species of the genus Ranops (Araneae: Zodariidae) from southern Africa
by Jocqué R & Henrard A
Abstract:
The genus Ranops Jocqué, 1991 was only known from three species so far. Three new species of the genus are described here: R. robinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from South Africa, R. tharinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Botswana, and R. wandae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Namibia. Its distribution is discussed and a distribution map for all the Ranops species is provided. Ranops expers (O.P. Cambridge, 1876) does not belong to Ranops and is transferred back to Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826.
Reference:
Jocqué R & Henrard A 2020. Three new species of the genus Ranops (Araneae: Zodariidae) from southern Africa. Zootaxa, vol. 4899, no. 1, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.10.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{jocque_three_2020,
title = {Three new species of the genus {Ranops} ({Araneae}: {Zodariidae}) from southern {Africa}},
volume = {4899},
issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326},
shorttitle = {Three new species of the genus {Ranops} ({Araneae}},
url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4899.1.10},
doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.10},
abstract = {The genus Ranops Jocqué, 1991 was only known from three species so far. Three new species of the genus are described here: R. robinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from South Africa, R. tharinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Botswana, and R. wandae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Namibia. Its distribution is discussed and a distribution map for all the Ranops species is provided. Ranops expers (O.P. Cambridge, 1876) does not belong to Ranops and is transferred back to Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826.},
number = {1},
urldate = {2023-08-14},
journal = {Zootaxa},
author = {Jocqué, Rudy and Henrard, Arnaud},
month = dec,
year = {2020},
}