Mozambique BugShot 2018 Checklist
BugShot Mozambique 2018 left behind many memories. From the constant warnings of lions that wanted to eat us, the vastness of the African savannah, the gigantic potholes on the road from Beira to Gorongosa, the sandstorms we kicked up from our trucks on each field trip, the baboons and warthogs right outside our rooms, the never-ending chocolate mousse, and of course, the bugs and the wonderful bug-people.
BugShot is a series of macro photography workshops. Some are held in the USA and one would be held in an exotic location in some other part of the world each year. Conducted from 20 to 29 May 2018 at Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa, all of the organisation work in BugShot Mozambique 2018 was done by Piotr Naskrecki with John and Kendra Abbott, joined by instructors Thomas Shahan and myself.
The next BugShot will be held in the cloud forests of Mindo, Ecuador from Aug 17th-24th, 2019. I won't be part of this workshop, but do check out BugShot Ecuador 2019 if you are interested!
This post is a checklist of what I've photographed and sorted taxonomically. I would like to thank the following for providing most of the identifications.
- Members of The Spider Club of Southern Africa for most spider IDs
- Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman for identification of most Araneidae, Thomisidae
Identifications are usually not very accurate when done from photos alone. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes. If you like this checklist, you would probably be interested in the Spiders of Madagascar checklist as well.
Macro Photography Equipment
All photos in this post were taken with the Nikon D850, Tamron 90mm and Laowa 2:1 100mm (not available yet), sometimes with a cctv lens attached. Almost all shots were lighted with a wireless macro flash system Meike MK-MT24 mounted on FotoPro DMM-903s flexible flash arms.
Legend
♂ | Male |
♀ | Female |
(Juv) | Juvenile / Nymph / Larva |
Phylum: Arthropoda Lankester, 1904
Class: Arachnida Lamarck, 1801
Order: Araneae Clerck, 1757
Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757
Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus: Argiope Audouin, 1826
Genus: Caerostris Thorell, 1868
Genus: Clitaetra Simon, 1889
Genus: Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Genus: Cyrtophora Simon, 1864
Genus: Eriovixia Archer, 1951
Genus: Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914
Genus: Isoxya Simon, 1885
Genus: Neoscona Simon, 1864
Genus: Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1940
Genus: Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843
Genus: Prasonica Simon, 1895
Genus: Unknown
Family: Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877
Family: Dipluridae Simon, 1889
Genus: Thelechoris Karsch, 1881
Family: Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1845
Genus: Stegodyphus Simon, 1873
Family: Eutichuridae Lehtinen, 1967
Genus: Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839
Family: Filistatidae Ausserer, 1867
Family: Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898
Genus: Zelotes Gistel, 1848
Family: Idiopidae Simon, 1892
Genus: Ctenolophus Purcell, 1904
Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833
Family: Oxyopidae Thorell, 1870
Genus: Hamataliwa Keyserling, 1887
Genus: Oxyopes Latreille, 1804
Genus: Peucetia Thorell, 1869
Family: Nephilidae Simon, 1894
Nephilidae was resurrected in Dec 2018. Before that, it used to be in the subfamily Nephilinae under Araneidae.
Genus: Nephilingis Kuntner, 2013
Genus: Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
Nephila fenestrata and Nephila senegalensis were transferred to Trichonephila in Dec 2018 by Kuntner et al.
Family: Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870
Genus: Palpimanus Dufour, 1820
Family: Philodromidae Thorell, 1870
Genus: Tibellus Simon, 1875
Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850
Genus: Leptopholcus Simon, 1893
Genus: Smeringopus Simon, 1890
Family: Pisauridae Simon, 1890
Genus: Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897
Genus: Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876
Genus: Unknown
Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841
Genus: Brancus Simon, 1902
Genus: Hyllus C. L. Koch, 1846
Genus: Menemerus Simon, 1868
Genus: Mexcala Peckham & Peckham, 1902
Genus: Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839
Genus: Portia Karsch, 1878
Genus: Thyene Simon, 1885
Genus: Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902
Genus: Unknown
Family: Selenopidae Simon, 1897
Genus: Selenops Latreille, 1819
Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872
Genus: Olios Walckenaer, 1837
Family: Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866
Genus: Leucauge White, 1841
Genus: Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804
Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870
Genus: Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897
Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Argyrodes Thorell, 1869
Genus: Meotipa Simon, 1894
Genus: Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
Read more: Transformation of the Mirror Spider
Genus: Tidarren Chamberlin & Ivie, 1934
Genus: Unknown
Family: Thomisidae Sundevall,1833
Genus: Mystaria Simon, 1895
Genus: Oxytate L. Koch, 1878
Genus: Platythomisus Doleschall, 1859
Genus: Synema Simon, 1864
Genus: Thomisops Karsch, 1879
Genus: Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805
Family: Uloboridae Thorell, 1869
Family: Unknown
Order: Ixodida Leach, 1815
Family: Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844
Order: Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837
Family: Hemiscorpiidae
Genus: Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861
Order: Solifugae Sundevall, 1833
Family: Solpugidae Leach, 1815
Genus: Solpuga Lichtenstein, 1796
Class: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Blattodea Wattenwyl, 1882
Family: Blaberidae Saussure, 1864
Subfamily: Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Genus: Derocalymma Burmeister, 1838
Order: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Attelabidae Billberg, 1820
Family: Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802
Family: Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802
Genus: Aspidimorpha Hope, 1840
Family: Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807
Genus: Epilachna Dejean, 1837
Family: Curculionidae Latreille, 1802
Family: Lycidae Laporte, 1836
Genus: Lycus Fabricius, 1787
Family: Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810
Family: Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836
Genus: Ptilodactyla Illiger, 1807
Family: Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802
Genus: Garreta Janssens, 1940
Family: Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802
Genus: Endustomus Bręme, 1846
Genus: Himatismus Erichson, 1843
Genus: Psammodes Kirby, 1819
Genus: Unknown
Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Asilidae Latreille 1802
Family: Culicidae Meigen, 1818
Family: Diopsidae Bilberg, 1820
Family: Syrphidae Latreille, 1802
Order: Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Issidae Spinola, 1839
Family: Lophopidae Stål, 1866
Family: Membracidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family: Monophlebidae Signoret, 1875
Order: Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Apidae Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Formicidae Latreille, 1809
Family: Mutillidae André, 1907
Family: Pompilidae Latreille, 1805
Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Mantodea Burmeister, 1838
Family: Sibyllidae Giglio-Tos, 1919
Order: Neuroptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Ascalaphidae Rambur, 1842
Order: Odonata Fabricius, 1793
Infraorder: Anisoptera Selys, 1854
Family: Libellulidae Rambur, 1842
Order: Orthoptera Latreille, 1793
Suborder: Caelifera Ander, 1939
Suborder: Ensifera Lesson, 1843
Family: Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902
Subphylum: Myriapoda Latreille, 1802
Class: Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Class: Amphibia Gray 1825
Class: Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Order: Squamata Oppel, 1811
Family: Colubridae Oppel, 1811
Family: Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892
Class: Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Artiodactyla Owen, 1848
Family: Bovidae Gray, 1821
Family: Canidae G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Order: Primates Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821
Family: Suidae Gray, 1821
Class: Ave Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Accipitriformes Vieillot, 1816
Family: Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816
Order: Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
Family: Ciconiidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Order: Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891
Family: Pelecanidae Rafinesque, 1815
Others
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