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Oral history interview with Reinhard M. Lotz, 2015
No full textTranscript of an oral history interview with Reinhard M. Lotz, conducted by Sarah Yahm at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, on 10 April 2015, as part of the Norwich Voices oral history project of the Sullivan Museum and History Center. Reinhard Lotz graduated from Norwich University in 1960; the bulk of the interview focuses on his subsequent military career in the U.S. Army
Arthur M. Lotz
No full textArthur M. Lotz was born in Lanark, Illinois, on May 3, 1931. After graduating from Lanark High School (1949), he attended Manchester College (Indiana) for two years before joining the United States Air Force. After ten years as an Air Force pilot, Lotz returned to Manchester and completed his business degree in 1962. He then enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law and received his JD in 1965.
After law school Lotz joined the Indiana University Treasure’s Office, before he began working for the IU Alumni Office in 1969 - first as Alumni Secretary, and then as Executive Director of the Bloomington campus office. In 1978 Lotz joined the law school as the Assistant Dean for Placement and Bar Relations, and in 1980 he assumed the duties as Assistant Dean for Budget Administration, Bar Relations, and Development, the position he held until his retirement in 1996.
Among his many accomplishments at the law school are designing the school’s first development plan, developing the strategy used to build support from the Higher Education Commission and the state legislature for the law building addition and renovation, and serving as a tireless ambassador for the law school. He expanded alumni events, created and broadened Alumni Weekend, fostered the development of several regional alumni clubs, and initiated the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows.
In 2005, Lotz\u27s classmates, colleagues, and fellow alumni created the Arthur M. Lotz Endowment for Alumni & Development, which funds alumni outreach efforts. The School\u27s Office of Alumni and Development is named in his honor. Lotz was inducted into the Indiana University Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2009 and was awarded the IU Foundation’s President’s Medallion in 2012.https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/1169/thumbnail.jp
Arthur M. Lotz
No full textArthur M. Lotz was born in Lanark, Illinois, on May 3, 1931. After graduating from Lanark High School (1949), he attended Manchester College (Indiana) for two years before joining the United States Air Force. After ten years as an Air Force pilot, Lotz returned to Manchester and completed his business degree in 1962. He then enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law and received his JD in 1965.
After law school Lotz joined the Indiana University Treasure’s Office, before he began working for the IU Alumni Office in 1969 - first as Alumni Secretary, and then as Executive Director of the Bloomington campus office. In 1978 Lotz joined the law school as the Assistant Dean for Placement and Bar Relations, and in 1980 he assumed the duties as Assistant Dean for Budget Administration, Bar Relations, and Development, the position he held until his retirement in 1996.
Among his many accomplishments at the law school are designing the school’s first development plan, developing the strategy used to build support from the Higher Education Commission and the state legislature for the law building addition and renovation, and serving as a tireless ambassador for the law school. He expanded alumni events, created and broadened Alumni Weekend, fostered the development of several regional alumni clubs, and initiated the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows.
In 2005, Lotz\u27s classmates, colleagues, and fellow alumni created the Arthur M. Lotz Endowment for Alumni & Development, which funds alumni outreach efforts. The School\u27s Office of Alumni and Development is named in his honor. Lotz was inducted into the Indiana University Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2009 and was awarded the IU Foundation’s President’s Medallion in 2012.https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/1169/thumbnail.jp
Cheiramiona lajuma Lotz 2002
No full text<i>Cheiramiona lajuma</i> Lotz, 2002 <p> Figs 40 <b>–</b> 42, 99</p> <p> <i>Cheiramiona lajuma</i> Lotz, 2002: 67, figs 108–111. Holotype ♂, South Africa: Limpopo, Lajuma, 30 km E of Vivo, 23°02'S 29°27’E, 29.VI.1997, M. van der Merwe leg. (NCAP 98/31) (Examined by Lotz 2002).</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b>. SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo: 2♀, Entabeni Nature Reserve, 24°08'S 28°26’E, 2 & 11.II.2008, S.H. Foord leg. (NCAP 2014/3151); 3♀, Soutpansberg, Lajuma, 23°02'S 29°27’E, 6.II.2008, R. Lyle & R. Fourie leg. (NMBA 11438).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Females of <i>Cheiramiona lajuma</i> are similar to those of <i>C. amarifontis</i> Lotz, 2002 and <i>C. mlawula</i> Lotz, 2002 in the copulatory tubes entering the SPER antero-medially, but are differentiated by the copulatory openings being next to each other (Figs 41–42, 62–63, see Lotz 2002: figs 8–9). Males of <i>C. lajuma</i> are similar to those of <i>C. debeeri</i> <b>sp</b>. <b>nov</b>. in the general shape of EM and TA, but are differentiated by the shape of the RTA, which has a rounded apex as opposed to a pointed apex (Figs 8–9, see Lotz 2002: figs 110–111).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <i>Female</i> (n = 5): TL = 5.14 (4.7–5.7); CL = 2.02 (1.8–2.2); CW = 1.48 (1.4–1.6); OAL = 0.30 (0.3–0.3); OAW = 0.92 (0.9–1.0); CLL = 0.06 (0.05–0.08). Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; PMT:RMT = 6:6 (Fig. 40). Measurements: AME–AME 0.10; AME–ALE 0.15; AME diameter 0.15; PME–PME 0.15; PME–PLE 0.15; PME diameter 0.15; MOQAW 0.40; MOQPW 0.45; CI (CL/CW) 1.38; LL:CL 4.82; STL 1.2; STW 1.1. Leg measurements: I—2.8+0.9+2.7+2.8+1.4 = 10.6; II—1.6+0.7+1.3+1.5+0.6 = 5.7; III—1.2+0.6+0.9+1.2+0.5 = 4.4; IV—2.0+0.7+1.7+1.9+0.6 = 6.9; Palp—0.8+0.3+0.5+0.7 = 2.3. Leg spines: I—0, 0- 2 v-0, 2v- 0- 1 v; II—0, 0, 1v- 0- 1 v; III—0, 0, 0-1p1r-3 v1 p1r; IV—0, 0-0-1r, 2v-1 v1 p1r-3 v1 p1r. Abdomen: similar to male. Epigynum (Figs 41– 42): wider than long, with small, median posterior, depression; copulatory openings next to each other in depression; internally, short copulatory ducts proceed anterior-laterally before ending in anterior-lateral edge of SPER; fertilization tubes enter SPER posterior-medially. <i>Male</i>: described by Lotz (2002).</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Widely distributed throughout South Africa along the southern and eastern regions up into the northern part (Fig. 99).</p> <p> <b>Habitat</b>. Collected from pit traps, leaf litter in Afromontane forest, sweeping grass and a cave in Table Mountain.</p>Published as part of <i>Lotz, L. N., 2015, New species of the Afrotropical spider genus Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar- Schoeman (Araneae: Eutichuridae), pp. 71-94 in Zootaxa 3981 (1)</i> on pages 80-82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/289020">http://zenodo.org/record/289020</a>
Cheiramiona kivuensis Lotz, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textCheiramiona kivuensis sp. nov. Figs 34 –39, 99 Type material. Holotype ♀, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Kivu, Mwenga, Luiko gold mine, 03º03’S, 28 º 26 ’E, 19.I. 1952, N. Leleup leg. (MRAC 92415); Allotype ♂, RWANDA: Rugege forest, 02º 30 ’S, 29 º 15 ’E, III. 1951, N. Leleup leg. (MRAC 92507); Paratypes: D.R. CONGO: 1 ♀, Kivu, Mwenga, Luiko gold mine, 03º03’S, 28 º 26 ’E, 23.I. 1952, N. Leleup leg. (MRAC 92409); 1 ♂, Kivu, Rukumi, Karisimbi volcano, 01º 30 ’S, 29 º 27 ’E, 23.VII. 1970, M. Lejeune leg. (MRAC 138366); 1 ♂, Kivu, Rukumi, south face of Karisimbi volcano, 01º 31 ’S, 29 º 28 ’E, 28.VII. 1970, M. Lejeune leg. (MRAC 138495); 1 ♂, Kikura, northern face of Ruwenzori, 00º 35 ’N, 29 º 57 ’E, VII–VIII. 1974, M. Lejeune leg. (MRAC 155348). Etymology. The specific name is an adjective derived from Kivu, the province in which the type locality is located. Diagnosis. Females of Cheiramiona kivuensis sp. nov. are similar to those of C. muvalensis Lotz, 2002 in the small epiginal plate, the round SPER and the copulatory tubes proceeding anterior to posterior, medially, but is differentiated by the anterior widening of the copulatory ducts (Figs 35–36, see Lotz 2002: figs 126–127). Males are similar to C. kalongensis Lotz, 2002 in the EM being long and thin in the last two thirds, but are differentiated by the straighter and more evenly narrowing EM and the RTA with two distal lobed apices, as opposed to a single point (Figs 38–39, see Lotz 2002: figs 90–91). C. muvalensis and C. kalongensis may be conspecific. Description. Female (n = 2): TL = 7.20 (7.0– 7.4); CL = 2.60 (2.5–2.7); CW = 1.95 (1.9 –2.0); OAL = 0.40 (0.4 – 0.4); OAW = 1.15 (1.1–1.2); CLL = 0.10 (0.1 – 0.1). Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; PMT:RMT = 3: 3 (Fig. 34). Measurements: AME–AME 0.10; AME–ALE 0.15; AME diameter 0.15; PME–PME 0.20; PME–PLE 0.20; PME diameter 0.15; MOQAW 0.40; MOQPW 0.50; CI (CL/CW) 1.35; LL:CL 3.70; STL 1.5; STW 1.2. Leg measurements: I— 2.7 +1.0+ 2.5 + 2.7 + 1.1 = 10.0; II— 2.1 + 0.9 + 1.7 + 1.9 + 0.8 = 7.4; III— 1.7 + 0.8 + 1.2 + 1.7 + 0.6 = 6.0; IV— 2.4 + 0.9 +2.0+ 2.4 + 0.8 = 8.5; Palp— 1.1 + 0.4 + 0.6 + 1.1 = 3.2. Leg spines: I—0, 0-1 p-0, 1v- 0- 1 v; II—0, 0-1 p-0, 2v- 0- 1 v; III—0, 0-1 p 1 r-0, 2 v 1 r- 1 v 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r; IV—0, 0-1 r-0, 2 v 1 r- 2 v 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r. Abdomen: creamy-yellow with a faint heart mark. Epigynum (Figs 35–36): wider than long, with small posterior central depression; copulatory openings next to each other in depression; internally, short copulatory ducts proceed anteriorly with broad loop before ending in anterior-median edge of SPER; copulatory ducts widen in anterior loop and narrow again before entering SPER; fertilization tubes enter SPER posterior-medially. Male: (n = 5) TL = 4.76 (4.1–5.4); CL = 2.28 (2.0– 2.6); CW = 1.90 (1.7–2.2); OAL = 0.33 (0.30–0.35); OAW = 0.91 (0.8 –1.0); CLL = 0.05 (0.05 – 0.05). Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; PMT:RMT = 5: 3 (Fig. 37). Measurements: AME–AME 0.10; AME–ALE 0.10; AME diameter 0.10; PME–PME 0.15; PME–PLE 0.15; PME diameter 0.12; MOQAW 0.30; MOQPW 0.40; CI (CL/CW) 1.19; LL:CL 3.68; STL 1.1; STW 1.0. Leg measurements: I— 2.3 + 0.7 + 2.4 + 2.6 + 1.2 = 9.2; II— 1.8 + 0.7 + 1.6 + 1.8 + 0.9 = 6.8; III— 1.5 + 0.6 + 1.1 + 1.5 + 0.6 = 5.3; IV— 2.1 + 0.7 + 1.7 +2.0+ 0.9 = 7.4; Palp—1.0+ 0.35 + 0.35 + 1.3 = 3.0. Leg spines: I—0, 0, 2v- 0-0; II—0, 0, 2v- 0- 1 v; III—0, 0-1 r-0, 2v- 1 p- 3 v 1 p 1 r; IV—0, 0- 0-1 p 1 r, 2 v- 1 v 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r. Abdomen: similar to female. Palp (Figs 38–39): cymbium elongate, almost twice as long as patella plus tibia length; tibia with Y-shaped RTA, with small bump between upturned external arms; TA long and narrow, slightly sclerotized, curved towards EM at tip; EM short, thick at base and narrowing gradually towards apex; CON curved retrolaterally, distinct but not sclerotized. Distribution. Only known from east-central D.R. Congo and Rwanda (Fig. 99). Habitat. Collected from forest leaf litter.Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2015, New species of the Afrotropical spider genus Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar- Schoeman (Araneae: Eutichuridae), pp. 71-94 in Zootaxa 3981 (1) on pages 79-80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/28902
Cheiracanthium lukiense Lotz, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textCheiracanthium lukiense sp. nov. Figs 28–30 Type material. Holotype ♀, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Mayombe, Lower Congo, Luki Forest Reserve, 05º 38 ’S, 13 º04’E, 11.XI. 2006, D. de Bakker & J.P. Michiels (MRAC 221549); Paratypes: 2 ♀, same data as holotype, 24 & 29.IX. 2007 (MRAC 222150, 223604); 1 ♀, West Ruwenzori, Mutwanga, 00º 20 ’N, 29 º 45 ’E, VII. 1932, Van Hoof (MRAC 23068); 1 ♀, Kivu, Visiki forest, 00º 12 ’N, 29 º 15 ’E, 27.XII. 1971, M. Lejeune (MRAC 140912); 1 ♀, Shaba, Luiswishi, 11 º 31 ’S, 27 º 27 ’E, IX. 1973, F. Malaisse (MRAC 149053); 1 ♀, Lubumbashi, 11 º 40 ’S, 27 º 28 ’E, I. 1960, Ch. Seydel (MRAC 234359). Etymology. The species is named after the type locality. Diagnosis. C. lukiense sp. nov. is most similar to C. kupensis Lotz, 2007, both having large spermathecae and an anterior pocket in the epigynal depression (see Lotz, 2007 b: figs 36–37), but differ by the shorter copulatory ducts (Figs 29–30). Description. Female: (n = 7): TL = 10.40 (8.1–12.1); CL = 4.11 (2.9 –5.0); CW = 3.09 (2.3–3.5); OAL = 0.62 (0.45–0.80); OAW = 1.81 (1.3–2.3); CLL = 0.08 (0.05–0.10). Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; fang furrow with six teeth of unequal size, PMT:RMT = 3: 3 (Fig. 28). Measurements: AME–AME 0.30; AME–ALE 0.40; AME diameter 0.25; PME–PME 0.55; PME–PLE 0.60; PME diameter 0.25; MOQAW 0.85; MOQPW 1.00; CI (CL/ CW) 1.43; LL:CL 5.08; STL 2.40; STW 2.10. Leg measurements: I— 6.5 + 2.1 + 6.7 + 7.4 + 2.7 = 25.4; II— 4.5 + 1.9 + 4.1 + 4.6 + 1.5 = 16.6; III— 3.5 + 1.6 + 2.7 + 3.6 + 1.2 = 12.6; IV—5.0+ 1.9 + 4.2 + 5.4 + 1.5 = 18.0; Palp— 2.0+ 0.7 +1.0+ 1.9 = 5.6. I 0-1 p- 1 p, 0- 1 v-0, 2v- 1 v- 1 v; II 0-1 p- 1 p, 0- 1 v 1 p-0, 2v- 2 v- 1 v; III 0-1 p 1 r- 1 p 1 r, 0-1 p 1 r-0, 2v 1 p 1 r- 2 v 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r; IV 0-1 p 1 r- 1 p, 0-1 r-0, 2v- 2 v 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r. Abdomen: creamy-yellow with a faint heartmark. Epigynum (Figs 29–30): depression wider than long with a slight pocket anteriorly; copulatory openings situated posteriorly in depression; internally, copulatory ducts proceed anterio-laterally, curving medially before ending anteriorly in large bean-shaped spermathecae; fertilization tubes enter spermathecae posterior-medially. Male: unknown. Distribution. Known from several localities in east, west and southern D.R. Congo (Fig. 54). Habitat. Rainforest.Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2015, New Species of the Spider Genus Cheiracanthium from Continental Africa (Araneae: Eutichuridae), pp. 321-336 in Zootaxa 3973 (2) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/23669
<i>The Constitution of Being in Contemporary Thomism</i>. Tomas Tyn, Johannes Baptist Lotz, Cornelio Fabro
No full textTraducción del francés del estudio La constitution de l‟étant dans le thomisme contemporain: Tomas Tyn, Johann Baptist Lotz, Cornelio Fabro, publicado originalmente en M. Raffray (dir.): Actus essendi. Saint Thomas d‟Aquin et ses interprètes. Parole et Silence, Paris, 2019, pp. 369-433. Se analiza cómo fue entendida la metafísica tomista según los mencionados autores, y se da una posición propia al final.Translation of the article La constitution de l‟étant dans le thomisme contemporain: Tomas Tyn, Johann Baptist Lotz, Cornelio Fabro, published in M. Raffray (dir.): Actus essendi. Saint Thomas d‟Aquin et ses interprètes. Parole et Silence, Paris, 2019, pp. 369-433. It analyzes how Thomist Metaphysics has been understood by Tomas Tyn, Johannes Baptist Lotz and Cornelio Fabro. Author makes a critical evaluation of them.Sección: TraduccionesUniversidad Nacional de La Plat
Cheiramiona musosaensis Lotz, 2015, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Cheiramiona musosaensis</i> sp. nov. <p>Figs 67–69, 101</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. Holotype ♀, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Kivu, Butembo, Musosa Valley, 00º09’N, 29º17’E, IV.1968, M. Lejeune leg. (MRAC 134072).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The specific name is an adjective derived from the type locality.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. <i>Cheiramiona musosaensis</i> <b>sp</b>. <b>nov</b>. is unique by the position of the copulatory openings within a transverse epigynal depression and by the thin copulatory ducts (Figs 68–69).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <i>Female</i> (n = 1): TL = 6.6; CL = 3.1; CW = 2.2; OAL = 0.5; OAW = 1.4; CLL = 0.1. Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; PMT:RMT = 3:3 (Fig. 67). Measurements: AME–AME 0.20; AME–ALE 0.30; AME diameter 0.15; PME–PME 0.30; PME–PLE 0.30; PME diameter 0.15; MOQAW 0.50; MOQPW 0.60; CI (CL/ CW) 1.41; LL:CL 5.45; STL 1.6; STW 1.2. Leg measurements: I—4.2+1.3+4.4+5.0+2.0 = 16.9; II— 3.2+1.1+2.7+2.9+1.1 = 11.0; III—2.2+0.9+1.8+2.5+0.9 = 8.3; IV—3.1+1.1+2.6+3.5+1.1 = 11.4; Palp— 1.4+0.5+1.0+1.3 = 4.2. Leg spines: I—0-1p-1p, 0-2 v2 v-0, 2v- 0- 1 v; II—0-1p-1p, 0-2 v1 p-0, 2v- 1p- 1v; III—0-0- 1p1r, 0-0-1p1r, 2 v1 p1r-2 v1 p1r-3 v1 p1r; IV—0-0-1p1r, 0-0-1r, 2v-2 v1 p1r-3 v1 p1r. Abdomen: creamy-yellow with faint heart mark. Epigynum (Figs 68–69): wider than long, with transverse central depression; copulatory openings slightly separated, in middle of depression; two shallow hooded pockets along anterior margin of central depression; internally, relatively thin copulatory ducts proceed anteriorly before ending in anterior-median corner of SPER; fertilization tubes enter SPER posterior-medially. <i>Male</i>: unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Only known from the type locality (Fig. 101).</p>Published as part of <i>Lotz, L. N., 2015, New species of the Afrotropical spider genus Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar- Schoeman (Araneae: Eutichuridae), pp. 71-94 in Zootaxa 3981 (1)</i> on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/289020">http://zenodo.org/record/289020</a>
Loxosceles maraisi Lotz 2017, sp. nov.
No full textLoxosceles maraisi sp. nov. (FIGS 8, 27) Types. NAMIbIA: ♀ HOLOTYpE fROM ZAIS, 24°01’S, 16°08’E, M. BRIdGEFORd LEG., 30.III.1999 (SMN 42657). PARATYPES. 1♀ AND 2 IMM., SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE (Ex SMN 42657); 2♂, 5♀ AND 5 IMM., MALTAHöHE, NEURAS CAVE, LOcALITY MAp 2416 Ac, 10.VIII.1995, E. MARAIS LEG. (SMN 43688). Etymology. THE SpEcIES NAME IS A pATRONYM fOR EUGENE MARAIS, cOLLEcTOR Of MOST Of THE TYpE SpEcIMENS. Diagnosis. FEMALE SpERMATHEcAE cONSIST Of THREE TO fOUR SHORT TUbES THAT pROcEEd ANTERIORLY; dIffER fROM ALL OTHER SpEcIES IN THIS RESpEcT (FIG. 27). MALE pALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT, MOST SIMILAR TO L. irishi (FIG. 7); dIffERING fROM L. irishi IN THE pALp TIbIA LENGTH/ HIGH RATIO bEING LESS THAN 2.5 ANd THE EMbOLUS bEING AbOUT AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH (FIG. 8). Description. Female: (N = 7): TL = 9.84 (9.2–12.0); CL = 3.87 (3.6–4.3); CW = 3.30 (2.7–3.8); CLL = 0.48 (0.45–0.50). AME-LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. CARApAcE YELLOW, SLIGHTLY dARkER pARS cEpHALIcA ANd ALONG THE EdGES; STERNUM LIGHT YELLOW; LEGS YELLOW; pALpS MOSTLY LIGHT YELLOW, WITH dARkER TARSUS. AbdOMEN LIGHT YELLOW. INTERNAL GENITALIA WITH THREE TO fOUR, SHORT, STUbbY, ANTERIORLY pROcEEdING cOpULATORY TUbES ON EAcH SIdE, NExT TO EAcH OTHER AT THE bASE, ENdING IN SMALL SpERMATHEcAE; SpERMATHEcAE NOT dISTINGUISHAbLE fROM TUbES (FIG. 27). LEG fORMULA II:IV:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 7.3, pATELLA 1.3, TIbIA 7.5, METATARSUS 7.6, TARSUS 1.4, TOTAL 25.1; II: 7.8, 1.4, 7.7, 8.8, 1.5, 27.2; III: 6.8, 1.3, 5.9, 7.5, 1.3, 22.8; IV: 7.6, 1.4, 6.7, 9.4, 1.5, 26.6. PALp: fEMUR 1.3, pATELLA 0.5, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 1.4, TOTAL 4.2. Male: (N = 2): TL = 6.45 (5.6–7.3); CL = 3.20 (3.0–3.4); CW = 2.85 (2.6–3.1); CLL = 0.38 (0.35–0.40). AME- LE 0.15; LARGEST EYE dIAMETER 0.2. COLOUR ANd MARkINGS AS IN fEMALE. PALpAL TIbIA LONG, cYMbIUM SHORT; TIbIA LENGTH/ HIGH RATIO bEING MORE THAN 2.0, bUT LESS THAN 2.5; EMbOLUS AbOUT AS LONG AS bULb WIdTH ANd SLIGHTLY cURvEd, NARROWING fROM bASE TO ApEx (FIG. 8). LEG fORMULA II:IV:I:III. LEG MEASUREMENTS: I: fEMUR 8.1, pATELLA 1.2, TIbIA 8.5, METATARSUS 9.6, TARSUS 1.5, TOTAL 28.9; II: 9.1, 1.2, 10.4, 11.5, 1.5, 33.7; III: 7.2, 1.2, 7.5, 8.8, 1.3, 26.0; IV: 8.1, 1.2, 7.7, 10.7, 1.7, 29.4. PALp: fEMUR 1.1, pATELLA 0.3, TIbIA 1.0, cYMbIUM 0.65, TOTAL 3.05. Natural History. COLLEcTEd fROM NAMA KAROO, fROM cAvES. Distribution. CENTRAL WESTERN NAMIbIA (FIG. 40).Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2017, An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species, pp. 475-494 in Zootaxa 4341 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/104054
Cheiracanthium shilabira Lotz, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textCheiracanthium shilabira sp. nov. Figs 43–48 Type material. Holotype ♀, KENYA: Kakamega Forest, Ileo, 00º 13 ’N, 34 º 54 ’E, 31.VIII. 2002, D. Shilabira Smith (MRAC 220234); Paratypes: ♂, Kakamega Forest, 00º 13 ’N, 34 º 54 ’E, 20.IV. 2000, D. Shilabira Smith (MRAC 220506); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Kakamega Forest, 00º 13 ’N, 34 º 54 ’E, 3–10.II. 2002, D. Shilabira Smith (MRAC 212628); 1 ♂, Kakamega Forest, near Guarry, 00º 13 ’N, 34 º 54 ’E, 3.I. 2001, D. Shilabira Smith (MRAC 212716); 1 ♀, Kakamega Forest, Lirhanda hills, 00º 13 ’N, 34 º 54 ’E, 3.VIII. 2002, D. Shilabira Smith (MRAC 220490); 1 ♀, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Mongbwalu, 01º 57 ’N, 30 º02’E, VIII. 1937, Mme. Scheitz (MRAC 22941); 1 ♀, Mboa, Beni-Irumu-Bunia road, Mutembo plains, 00º 38 ’S, 29 º 30 ’E, XII. 1973 – I. 1974, M. Lejeune (MRAC 158778). Etymology. The species is a noun in apposition for the collector of the holotype, D. Shilabira Smith. Diagnosis. C. shilabira sp. nov. females are most similar to those of C. boendense sp. nov. (Fig. 3) and C. peregrinum Thorell, 1899 (see Lotz 2007 a: fig. 96) in having two pockets in the anterior edge of the epigynal depression, but differ from these species by the bend in the copulatory ducts before they enter the spermathecae (Figs 45); Males differ from other Afrotropical species of Cheiracanthium by the thumb’s-up shape of the TA (Fig. 47). Description. Female: (n = 5): TL = 8.22 (7.5–8.8); CL = 3.40 (3.0– 3.6); CW = 2.50 (2.2–2.7); OAL = 0.53 (0.45–0.60); OAW = 1.42 (1.3–1.5); CLL = 0.09 (0.08–0.10). Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; fang furrow with six teeth of unequal size, PMT:RMT = 3: 3 (Fig. 43). Measurements: AME–AME 0.20; AME–ALE 0.30; AME diameter 0.20; PME–PME 0.35; PME–PLE 0.35; PME diameter 0.15; MOQAW 0.60; MOQPW 0.65; CI (CL/ CW) 1.26; LL:CL 4.15; STL 1.7; STW 1.5. Leg measurements: I— 3.8 + 1.4 + 3.5 + 3.9 + 1.5 = 14.1; II— 3.1 + 1.3 + 2.6 +3.0+ 1.1 = 11.1; III— 2.4 +1.0+ 1.7 + 1.9 + 0.9 = 7.9; IV— 3.2 + 1.3 + 2.6 + 3.6 + 1.1 = 11.8; Palp— 1.4 + 0.6 + 0.9 + 1.4 = 4.3. Leg spines: I 0- 0-1 p, 0, 2v- 0- 1 v; II 0- 0-1 p, 0, 2v- 0- 1 v; III 0-1 p 1 r- 1 p 1 r, 0- 0-1 p 1 r, 1 v- 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r; IV 0- 0-1 r, 0- 0-1 r, 2 v- 1 v 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r. Abdomen: creamy-yellow with faint heartmark. Epigynum (Figs 44– 45): wider than long, with broad central depression; copulatory openings posterio-medially in depression; internally, copulatory tubes proceed laterally, then anteriorly, curving medially before turning posteriorly, then medially after a small bend, to end laterally in spermathecae; fertilization tubes enter spermathecae anteriomedially. Male: (n = 3): TL = 7.33 (7.2–7.5); CL = 3.27 (3.1–3.5); CW = 2.57 (2.5–2.7); OAL = 0.52 (0.50–0.55); OAW = 1.23 (1.2–1.3); CLL = 0.10 (0.1 – 0.1). Chelicerae: similar to female, except longer, with PMT:RMT = 3: 3 (Fig. 46). Measurements: AME–AME 0.15; AME–ALE 0.20; AME diameter 0.20; PME–PME 0.20; PME–PLE 0.25; PME diameter 0.20; MOQAW 0.55; MOQPW 0.60; CI (CL/CW) 1.24; LL:CL 6.00; STL 1.5; STW 1.3. Leg measurements: I— 4.7 + 1.4 + 5.1 + 5.4 +2.0 = 18.6; II— 3.6 + 1.2 + 3.5 +4.0+ 1.4 = 13.7; III — 2.7 + 1.1 + 2.2 + 3.2 + 1.1 = 10.3; IV— 3.8 + 1.2 + 3.4 + 4.5 + 1.3 = 14.2; Palp— 1.6 + 0.6 + 0.9 + 1.5 = 4.6. Leg spines: I 0-1 p- 1 p 1 r, 1 v- 6 v- 0, 2v- 0- 1 v; II 0-1 p 1 r- 1 p 1 r, 1 v- 0-1 p, 2 v- 0- 1 v; III 0-1 p 1 r- 1 p 1 r, 0- 0-1 p 1 r, 2 v- 1 v 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r; IV 0-1 p 1 r- 1 p 1 r, 0-1 r- 1 p 1 r, 2 v 1 r- 7 v 1 p 1 r- 3 v 1 p 1 r. Abdomen: slightly more elongate than female. Palp (Figs 47–48): cymbium elongate, equal to tibia plus patella length, with apophysis that points proximally, with single point at apex; RTA ending with two points at apex, one sharp and one rounded, the sharp apex is not seen from the retro-lateral side; TA sclerotized, shaped like a “thumb’s-up” sign; EM long, almost encircling tegulum, ending at CON apex; CON not sclerotized but distinct. Distribution. Found in the central part of equatorial Africa (Fig. 57). Habitat. Collected by Malaise and pitfall traps in forests.Published as part of Lotz, L. N., 2015, New Species of the Spider Genus Cheiracanthium from Continental Africa (Araneae: Eutichuridae), pp. 321-336 in Zootaxa 3973 (2) on pages 332-333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/23669
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