On the new Afrotropical genus Suffrica with discovery of an abdominal gland and a dual femoral organ (Araneae, Zodariidae)

Henrard, Arnaud;Jocqué, Rudy
(2015) Zootaxa — Vol. 3972, n° 1, p. 1-25 (2015)

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  • Henrard, ArnaudUCLouvain
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  • Jocqué, RudyRoyal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
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Abstract
A new genus,Suffrica, is described from Tanzania and Kenya. It contains three new species occurring in the Eastern Arc Mountains and the adjacent Mkomazi Game Reserve: S.exotica,S. chawia and S. gus. They are characterized by a remarkable combination of features which has not been documented in spiders so far: a pair of femoral organs on each leg, a gland on the dorsal side of the abdomen in both sexes and a dorsal abdominal groove in males. A dual femoral organ appears to occur in species of the genus Suffasia Jocqué, 1991 and Asceua Thorell, 1887. The discovery of a new African genus close to Suffasia is remarkable since the latter genus is known only from Asia.
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Henrard, A., & Jocqué, R. (2015). On the new Afrotropical genus Suffrica with discovery of an abdominal gland and a dual femoral organ (Araneae, Zodariidae). Zootaxa, 3972(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.1 (Original work published 2015)