On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae)AuthorHaddad, Charles Richard0000-0002-2317-7760Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Nelson Mandela Drive, Bloemfontein 9300, South AfricaAuthorWesołowska, Wanda0000-0002-4411-1058Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, PolandtextAfrican Invertebrates20242024-11-19652127159journal article10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083CC028E33-8418-4345-950E-72E977FEE66CIcius insolidus
(
Wesołowska, 1999
)
Fig. 9Menemerus insolidusWesołowska, 1999: 299
, figs 158–161.
Icius insolidusWesołowska 2006: 234
, figs 43–52; Haddad and
Wesołowska 2011: 75
, figs 45–46, 55–56.
Material examined.South Africa
•
Northern Cape Province
;
1 ♀
;
Calvinia
,
Akkerendam Nature Reserve
;
31 ° 24.896 ' S
,
19 ° 46.728 ' E
;
1095 m
a. s. l.
;
16 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; leaf litter, dry river bed;
NCA
2021 / 830
•
1 ♂
;
Same
locality;
31 ° 24.643 ' S
,
19 ° 46.077 ' E
;
1235 m
a. s. l.
;
17 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; beating shrubs, east-facing slope;
NCA
2021 / 896
•
1 ♀
;
Kharkams
,
Kharkams High School
;
30 ° 21.665 ' S
,
17 ° 53.201 ' E
;
735 m
a. s. l.
;
5 Jul 2021
;
C. Haddad
leg.; hand collecting, under rocks;
NMBA
19882
•
1 ♀
;
Namaqua National Park
,
1.7 km
WSW of Skilpad Rest Camp
;
30 ° 10.044 ' S
,
17 ° 45.674 ' E
;
575 m
a. s. l.
;
13 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; beating short shrubs, east-facing slope;
NCA
2021 / 795
•
1 ♂
;
Namaqua National Park
,
Koeroebees
;
30 ° 08.683 ' S
,
17 ° 42.177 ' E
;
240 m
a. s. l.
;
Apr 2022
;
C. Haddad
&
R
.
Booysen
leg.; hand collecting;
NMBA
19921
•
1 ♀
;
Namaqua National Park
,
Skilpad Rest Camp
;
30 ° 09.802 ' S
,
17 ° 46.671 ' E
;
725 m
a. s. l.
;
14 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
&
R
.
Booysen
leg.; hand collecting, at night around houses;
NCA
2021 / 78
•
1 ♀
; near
Nigramoep
,
Skaaprivier Canyon
;
29 ° 33.130 ' S
,
17 ° 39.135 ' E
;
690 m
a. s. l.
;
10 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; beating shrubs, river bed;
NCA
2021 / 515
•
1 ♀
;
Nigramoep Slow Living Guest Farm
;
29 ° 31.869 ' S
,
17 ° 35.150 ' E
;
745 m
a. s. l.
;
9 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; leaf litter, open plain;
NCA
2021 / 532
•
1 ♀
;
Richtersveld National Park
,
Akkedis Pass
;
28 ° 10.772 ' S
,
17 ° 02.173 ' E
;
600 m
a. s. l.
;
8 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; under rocks, west-facing slope;
NCA
2021 / 342
•
1 ♀
;
Richtersveld National Park
,
Akkedis Pass
;
28 ° 10.673 ' S
,
17 ° 01.863 ' E
;
540 m
a. s. l.
;
8 Jul 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; beating short shrubs, east-facing slope;
NCA
2021 / 456
•
1 ♀
;
Richtersveld National Park
,
Akkedis Pass
;
28 ° 10.577 ' S
,
17 ° 02.069 ' E
;
645 m
a. s. l.
;
9 Jul 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; under rocks, west-facing slope;
NCA
2021 / 489
•
1 ♀
;
Tankwa Karoo National Park
,
Steenkampshoek
;
32 ° 16.737 ' S
,
20 ° 09.622 ' E
;
860 m
a. s. l.
;
19 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; leaf litter, east-facing slope;
NCA
2021 / 996
•
1 ♂1 ♀
;
12 miles
W of
Upington
;
28 ° 27 ' S
,
21 ° 15 ' E
;
12 Apr 1970
;
B. Lamoral
leg.;
NMSA
26500
•
Western Cape Province
;
1 ♂
;
Laingsburg District
,
Wagendrift Lodge
;
33 ° 22.446 ' S
,
20 ° 54.247 ' E
;
580 m
a. s. l.
;
6 Oct 2015
;
Z. Mbo
leg.; hand collecting, under rocks;
NCA
2016 / 2692
•
1 ♀
;
Same
locality;
33 ° 22.943 ' S
,
20 ° 54.711 ' E
;
530 m
a. s. l.
;
5 Oct 2015
;
Z. Mbo
leg.; hand collecting, under rocks;
NCA
2016 / 2703
•
3 ♀
;
Same
locality;
33 ° 22.861 ' S
,
20 ° 56.910 ' E
;
520 m
a. s. l.
;
22 Jan 2021
;
C. Haddad
et al. leg.; hand collecting, under rocks in veld;
NCA
2021 / 134
.
Description.
For description of male, see
Wesołowska (2006)
; for female, see
Wesołowska (1999)
. General appearance of male in alcohol in Fig.
9 A
, palp in ventral and retrolateral views in Fig.
9 B, C
, respectively; general habitus of female in Fig.
9 D
, ventral epigyne in Fig.
9 E
.
Icius insolidus
(
Wesołowska, 1999
)
, male (
A – C
) and female (
D, E
):
A, D
general appearance, dorsal view
B
palpal organ, ventral view
C
same, retrolateral view
E
epigyne, ventral view.
Distribution.
A common species widespread in
South Africa
, having been recorded from all the provinces except the
Western Cape
(
Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2023
), from which it is recorded here for the first time.