Spinotrachelas montanus sp. n., the First Afromontane Representative in the Genus (Araneae: Corinnidae)

Abstract

A new species of the endemic South African sac spider genus Spinotrachelas Haddad, 2006 is described. Spinotrachelas montanus sp. n. is described based on material collected from four localities in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountains, representing the first records of the genus from the east of the country and from the Grassland Biome.