Quamtana kabale Huber, 2003
Description
Additional information
Only figs. by Huber et al. (2015), because Q. kabale s.str. is not known from Europe.
This species of African origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber et al. 2015)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber et al. 2015)
Procursus, retrolateral view
(Huber et al. 2015)
Bulbal apophysis, prolateral view
(Huber et al. 2015)
Epigyne
(Huber et al. 2015)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2015)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Gallon R, Davies T (2025) Quamtana sp. ZFMK Ar 12707 aff. kabale: a small hothouse Pholcidae spider new to Britain. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 164: 12 
Huber B A, Szymański H, Bennett-West A (2024) Progress or burden? Formal description of every apparently new species available in collections is neither necessary nor useful. ZooKeys 1214: 77-90
Huber B, Neumann J, Rehfeldt S, Grabolle A, Reiser N (2015) Back in Europe: Quamtana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Germany. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 51-56
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2