[Arachnida • 2020] Three New Species of the Genus Ranops (Araneae: Zodariidae) from southern Africa

Ranops robinae

Jocqué & Henrard, 2020

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: Ranops 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.

Keywords: Araneae, ant-eating spiders, arid corridor, distribution, outliers, taxonomy

Ranops robinae 

Rudy Jocqué and Arnaud Henrard. 2020. Three New Species of the Genus Ranops (Araneae: Zodariidae) from southern Africa. Zootaxa. 4899(1); 186–200. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.10