Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. 2020. ‘Three new species of the genus Ranops (Araneae: Zodariidae) from southern Africa’. Zootaxa 4899 (1): 186–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.10. URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.10  I.F. 0.955.

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The genus Ranops Jocqué, 1991 was only known from three species so far. Three new species of the genus are described here: R. robinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from South Africa, R. tharinae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Botswana, and R. wandae sp. nov. (♂♀) from Namibia. Its distribution is discussed and a distribution map for all the Ranops species is provided. Ranops expers (O.P. Cambridge, 1876) does not belong to Ranops and is transferred back to Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826.