《非洲无脊椎动物》是一本国际同行评审的开放获取期刊，主要关注非洲热带无脊椎动物的分类学、系统学、生物地理学和古生物学，无论是陆地、淡水还是海洋。与主要关注领域相关的生物学、生态学和保护方面也可以考虑。仅涉及生物学、生态学、生理学、害虫和害虫控制的论文应在其他地方提交。

African Invertebrates is an international peer-reviewed open access journal that focuses on the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and paleontology of tropical invertebrates in Africa, covering terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. The journal also welcomes research related to biology, ecology, and conservation in these areas. It is important to note that papers solely dealing with biology, ecology, physiology, pests, and pest control should be submitted to other journals.

《非洲无脊椎动物》是一本国际同行评审的开放获取期刊，专注于非洲热带无脊椎动物的分类学、系统学、生物地理学和古生物学，涵盖陆地、淡水和海洋环境。期刊也欢迎与这些领域相关的生物学、生态学和保护研究。需要注意的是，涉及生物学、生态学、生理学、害虫及害虫控制的论文应提交至其他期刊。

African Invertebrates

Species distribution datasets are fundamental for macroecological studies, although there is an overarching need to ensure that these datasets are representative of the entire community. Shortfalls, or knowledge gaps, within biodiversity datasets originate for a range of reasons, and can lead to incorrect conclusions or recommendations being drawn. Spatial scale influences the interpretations of diversity patterns and thus is an important aspect to consider. South Africa has a rich history of spider sampling and as such, it is possible to investigate the influence that scale, both spatial and taxonomic, has on the overall interpretations of how complete the spider knowledge base is in the country. To do this, we draw on curated natural history spider collections and determine how complete the spider assemblages are across twelve unique combinations of taxonomic and spatial scales. Overall, we received 121 605 usable records from seven collections, with spider records and diversity, being concentrated along the eastern and coastal regions of South Africa. We show that assemblage completeness increases with both increasing taxonomic and spatial scales, and as such, knowledge of the distribution of spider families at the biome level is largely complete. Moreover, we show that our fine-scale knowledge of spider assemblages in South Africa is relatively poor, yet we do identify, even at fine scales, assemblages in South Africa that can be considered complete. We identify under-sampled regions of the country, which in turn are congruent with the distribution of under-sampled regions found in other South African invertebrate groups. We show that the scaling of completeness can only be interpreted in one direction: as scale increases so does completeness. These findings will have important implications for spider research and conservation in South Africa, given that regions where completeness is highest correspond strongly to areas in South Africa with the highest threats to biodiversity.

Aileen C. van der Mescht

Charles R. Haddad

Stefan H. Foord

Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman

Completing the web: identifying sampling bias and knowledge gaps within South African spider surveys (Arachnida, Araneae)

完成网络：识别南非蜘蛛调查中的采样偏差和知识空白（蛛形纲，蜘蛛目）

From June to September 2022, five colonies of the rare hydrozoan siphonophore Rhizophysa eysenhardtii were observed for the first time near the surface in False Bay, South Africa. The two colonies in June/July were small with all tentacles contracted, while the September colonies were larger, the largest up to 0.8 m long (in video), with most of its tentacles extended for feeding. In this species, tentacles are typically pink and each arises from the proximal end of a gastrozooid, which engulfs and digests the prey. Fish larvae were noted in the gastrozooids and counted and a chaetognath was observed stuck to one of the tentacles. The pneumatophore was prominent in all specimens and gonodendra bearing sexual gonophores were visible between the gastrozooids of the larger specimens.

Gillian M. Mapstone

Jannes Landschoff

The rare siphonophore Rhizophysa eysenhardtii Gegenbaur, 1859 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Cystonectae) from False Bay, South Africa

南非福尔斯湾稀有的管水母Rhizophysa eysenhardtii Gegenbaur, 1859 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Cystonectae)

The Afrotropical representatives of the zodariid spider genus Asceua Thorell, 1889 are revised. Apart from the known species A. radiosa Jocqué, 1986 (Comoros, Mayotte) and A. lejeunei Jocqué, 1991 (DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria), six new species are recognized and described: A. arborivaga sp. nov. (♀, Guinea), A. foordi sp. nov. , (♂♀, DR Congo, Guinea, South Africa), A. incensa sp. nov. (♂♀, DR Congo), A. luki sp. nov. (♂♀, DR Congo), A. palustris sp. nov. (♀, DR Congo) and A. ventrofigurata sp. nov. (♂♀, Tanzania). A key to the species is provided. Some of the species have a very large distribution, which is unusual in the Zodariidae. The phenomenon is probably linked to the canopy dwelling behaviour, which appears common in the genus but unique for this spider family.

Rudy Jocqué

Arnaud Henrard

A revision of Afrotropical Asceua (Araneae, Zodariidae), ant-eating spiders with puzzling distributions

修订非洲热带区的Asceua属（蜘蛛目，Zodariidae科），具有谜一般分布的食蚁蜘蛛

Despite being one of the most conspicuous African opilionids, the members of Lacurbsinae remain one of the least known groups of harvestmen species. All eight previously-known species of Lacurbsinae are inadequately described and poorly illustrated, leaving the morphological characteristics of this subfamily obscure. After more than half a century, we describe a new species of Lacurbsinae. Metalacurbs foordi sp. nov. is described, based on a male specimen collected in Ankasa National Park, Ghana, with a detailed description and illustration of its external and genital morphology. This marks the first modern taxonomic description of a species within Lacurbsinae, including an illustration and description of the male genital morphology, a crucial modern taxonomic characteristic for Opiliones and represents a starting point for the taxonomic revision of the subfamily.

Abel Pérez-González

Vanesa Mamani

Metalacurbs foordi sp. nov., a new Lacurbsinae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Biantidae) from Ankasa National Park, Ghana

金属库布斯福尔迪新种，来自加纳安卡萨国家公园的一种新的库布斯亚科（节肢动物门，镰足目，比安特科）

A new species of pseudoscorpion, Afrogarypus foordi sp. nov. (Pseudoscorpiones, Geogarypidae), is described in honour of South African arachnologist Stefan Hendrik Foord. The species is described from both sexes and known from near Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa. It is amongst the smallest species of Afrogarypus (chela length ca. 0.6–0.8 mm) and differs from its congeners by lacking trichobothrium isb on the fixed chelal finger, monotarsate legs I and II, and details of the galea and dentation of the chelal fingers.

Abbreviation	Afr. Invertebr.
Journal Impact	0.96
Quartiles(Global)	ZOOLOGY(Q3)

ISSN	1681-5556, 2305-2562
h-index	17

Publication Information	Publisher: Pensoft Publishers，Publishing cycle: Annual，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: Yes
Basic data	Year of publication: 2008，Proportion of original research papers: 100.00%，Self Citation Rate:12.50%， Gold OA Rate: 97.14%
Journal Fees	$Details
Average review cycle	网友分享经验：>12周，或约稿
Average recruitment ratio	网友分享经验：容易

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Completing the web: identifying sampling bias and knowledge gaps within South African spider surveys (Arachnida, Araneae)

The rare siphonophore Rhizophysa eysenhardtii Gegenbaur, 1859 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Cystonectae) from False Bay, South Africa

A revision of Afrotropical Asceua (Araneae, Zodariidae), ant-eating spiders with puzzling distributions

Metalacurbs foordi sp. nov., a new Lacurbsinae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Biantidae) from Ankasa National Park, Ghana

Afrogarypus foordi sp. nov. – a new pseudoscorpion species (Pseudoscorpiones, Geogarypidae) from South Africa

Completing the web: identifying sampling bias and knowledge gaps within South African spider surveys (Arachnida, Araneae)

The rare siphonophore Rhizophysa eysenhardtii Gegenbaur, 1859 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Cystonectae) from False Bay, South Africa

Metalacurbs foordi sp. nov., a new Lacurbsinae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Biantidae) from Ankasa National Park, Ghana

A revision of Afrotropical Asceua (Araneae, Zodariidae), ant-eating spiders with puzzling distributions

Afrogarypus foordi sp. nov. – a new pseudoscorpion species (Pseudoscorpiones, Geogarypidae) from South Africa