World Spider Catalog

Genus: Benoitia Lehtinen, 1967 | Family: Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Benoitia namaqua Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066676

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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 f (2018/741) - (Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026)
Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 1m 8f (2016/3497, 2017/1181, 1237, 2018/766, 826, 2021/797) - (Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026)
Paratype: National Museum, Bloemfontein (NMBA), South Africa 2f (18570, 20120) - (Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Benoitia namaqua Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 340, f. 18F-G, 20E-F, 22A-E (Dmf) Original description

References

Haddad, C. R., Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2026). West Side Story: systematics of funnel-weavers (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) from arid western South Africa, with two new genera and 16 new species. Zootaxa 5748(3): 301-353. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.1 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026
2026-01-14	New species inserted	Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026