Haddad, Charles R.2025-04-232025-04-232025Haddad, C. R. (2025). And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae). African Invertebrates, 66(1), 19-64. https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.1392991681-5556 (print)2305-2562 (online)https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299http://hdl.handle.net/11660/13036As part of ongoing revisions of the Afrotropical 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘦, four new genera are described from southern Africa: 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝗴𝗲𝗻. 𝗻𝗼𝘃., with 𝘍. 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘢 𝘀𝗽. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) as the type species, 𝘍. 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘀𝗽. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from the Free State, 𝘍. 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘀𝗽. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and a fourth undescribed species from Zimbabwe; the monotypic 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝗴𝗲𝗻. 𝗻𝗼𝘃., with 𝘔. 𝘵𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪 𝘀𝗽. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from KwaZulu-Natal as the type species; 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝗴𝗲𝗻. 𝗻𝗼𝘃., with 𝘕. 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘀𝗽. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from the Northern Cape as the type species and 𝘕. 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘦 𝘀𝗽. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from the Western Cape; and 𝘙𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘬 𝗴𝗲𝗻. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from South Africa, with 𝘙. 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘀𝗽. 𝗻𝗼𝘃. from the Northern Cape as the type species and a second undescribed species from KwaZulu-Natal known only from juveniles.enGrassNew speciesTree canopiesAnd they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)ArticleAuthor(s)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/