Harpactirella spinosa Purcell, 1908

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Purcell, W. F. (1908). In Schultze, L., Forschungsreise in Südafrika, 1(2). Denkschr. med. naturw. Ges. Jena 13: 203-246 [p. 215, pl. 11, f. 3].

Distribution

South Africa

Type Locality: Steinkopf, Northern Cape, South Africa

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Steinkopf, Northern Cape, South Africa. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 874 m. Southern hemisphere — seasons are inverted, so December is midsummer.

Specimen Records (5)

? ♂ Type South Africa

Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand

July 1904

673 ♀ South Africa

Kammaggas, Little Namaqualand,

July 1904

AMGS 98965 South Africa

Hondeklip Bay (=)

August 1969 · col. Pretorius, G.

COllected 15miles on Springbok- Hondeklip Bay road, in derilect Trinervitermes mount.

AMGS 99003 South Africa

Kamiesberg (=Legacy Locality Information: South Africa. Kamiesberg Municipality taken as point here.)

AMGS 99141 South Africa

Kamiesberg (=Legacy Locality Information: South Africa. Kamiesberg Municipality taken as point here.)

Bibliography (1)

Purcell, W. F. (1908). In Schultze, L., Forschungsreise in Südafrika, 1(2). Denkschr. med. naturw. Ges. Jena 13: 203-246 [p. 215, pl. 11, f. 3].