Taxon details

Family: Trachelidae / Genus: Foordana

Foordana distincta Haddad, 2025

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-01-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063646]
  • Distribution: South Africa
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa; m (2010/349) (Haddad, 2025)
  • Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa; 2m 14f (2007/1334-1336, 2008/2897, 2010/328, 349, 2021/1044, 2014/321f) (Haddad, 2025)
  • Paratype: National Museum, Bloemfontein (NMBA), South Africa; 4f (18796, 19614) (Haddad, 2025)
  • Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 3f (Haddad, 2025)
Taxonomic references
Foordana distincta Haddad, 2025: 24, f. 1A-C, 2A-J, 3A-I, 4A-I, 5A-J, 6A-D, 7A-F, 8A-E, 9D, G-H (Dmf).
References

Haddad, C. R. (2025). And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae). African Invertebrates 66(1): 19-64. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-01-24 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad, 2025 n/a
2025-01-24 New species inserted Haddad, 2025 n/a