Revision and cladistic analysis of the Guineo-Congolian spider genus Smeringopina Kraus (Araneae, Pholcidae).

摘要: The genus Smeringopina Kraus, 1957 is revised, with redescriptions of the nine previously known species and descriptions 35 new species. largely restricted to tropical forests West Central Africa. It includes both large that build their domed sheet-webs in protected spaces near ground, small (probably derived) litter-dwelling With leg spans up 18 cm former group some largest pholcids known. A first cladistic analysis Smeringopina, based on 68 morphological (including SEM) characters, suggests several well-defined groups but also identifies problematic whose phylogenetic position needs further study. ‘Da-homey-Gap’ separates two western clades (the guineensis ankasa group) from all other following are described: S. ankasa; attuleh; bamenda; bayaka; belinga; bioko; bomfobiri; bwiti; chaillu; djidji; ebolowa; essotah; etome; fang; fon; ibadan; iboga; kala; kikongo; kinguele; kribi; lekoni; luki; mayebout; mbouda; mohoba; moudouma; ndjole; ngungu; nyasoso; ogooue; sahoue; simintang; tchimbele; tebe.