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A new species and new records of Chumma (Araneae, Macrobunidae) from South Africa

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A new species and new records of Chumma (Araneae, Macrobunidae) from South Africa

Abstract

A new species of the genus Chumma Jocqué, 2001, C. foordi sp. nov., is described from the Western Cape, South Africa. New distribution records for C. bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018, C. foliata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 and C. gastroperforata Jocqué, 2001 are presented. The genus is recorded from the Northern Cape Province for the first time, extending its range extensively to the northwest by approximately 450 km. The distribution of all Chumma species is mapped.

Marusik YuM, Haddad CR (2024) A new species and new records of Chumma (Araneae, Macrobunidae) from South Africa. African Invertebrates 65(2): 329-338. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138735