World Spider Catalog

Genus: Foordana Haddad, 2025 | Family: Trachelidae Simon, 1897

Foordana distincta Haddad, 2025

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa m (2010/349) - (Haddad, 2025a)
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, 2025a)
Paratype: National Museum, Bloemfontein (NMBA), South Africa 4f (18796, 19614) - (Haddad, 2025a)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 3f - (Haddad, 2025a)

Taxonomic References

Foordana distincta Haddad, 2025a: 24, f. 1A-C, 2A-J, 3A-I, 4A-I, 5A-J, 6A-D, 7A-F, 8A-E, 9D, G-H (Dmf) Original description

References

Haddad, C. R. (2025a). 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 [[incl. Corrigenda. African Invertebrates 66(1): 207-208. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.155979]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad, 2025a
2025-01-24	New species inserted	Haddad, 2025a