In November and December 2010 I visited the western region of Uganda. Uganda has a series of well preserved forests along its western border, and I had the opportunity to collect in several National Parks like Mgahinga Gorilla N.P., Bwindi Impenetrable N.P. (foto below), Ruwenzori Mountains N.P., Kibale N.P., and in some Forest Reserves like Kalinzu F.R., Kasyoha-Kitomi F.R., and Budongo F.R.

 

As a few months earlier in Kenya, I was again interested to see up to which altitude pholcid spiders do occur. On Mt. Kenya I had found Spermophora minotaura at 3580 m, so I went up the Ruwenzori Mountains until no more pholcids could be found. The highest point was Bujongolo shelter, where I found a male (and many webs) of Smeringopus sp. as high as 3780 m, close to the site shown below. We continued the search up to 4000 m, but no higher specimen could be found. In the meantime the species has been described, and named for the locality: Smeringopus bujongolo (Huber 2012).