Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa
Author
Wesolowska, Wanda
Author
Haddad, Charles R.
text
African Invertebrates
2009
2009-06-30
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journal article
2305-2562
Phlegra arborea
sp. n.
Figs 136–141
,
223
Etymology: The specific name refers to the spider’s habitat; all of the specimens were collected on bark of
A. xanthophloea
.
Diagnosis: The male resembles
Ph. atra
Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008
from
Ethiopia
in shape, body size and the pedipalp structure, but has a narrower tegulum with a longer posterior lobe (compare
Fig. 137
herein with fig.
150 in
Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz 2008). Female unknown.
Description:
Male.
Measurements: Carapace length 2.4–2.5, width 1.6–1.7, height 0.8–1.0.Abdomen length 2.1–2.2, width 1.2–1.3. Eye field length 0.8, anterior width 1.1–1.2, posterior width 1.2–1.3.
General appearance in
Figs 136
,
223
; slender, blackish, hairy spider. Carapace slightly pear shaped, with short eye field; ocular area black, thoracic part dark brown. Mouthparts and sternum dark.Abdomen slender, almost black. Legs dark brown. Whole body clothed in short dense blackish hairs. Pedipalps dark brown; tegulum long and slender, with long triangular posterior lobe, embolus straight (
Fig. 137
); tibial apophyses as in
Figs 138–140
; embolus compound (
Fig. 141
).
Figs 136–141.
Phlegra arborea
sp. n.
, paratype: (136) habitus; (137) palpal organ, ventral view; (138) palpal organ, lateral view; (139) tibial apophysis, lateral view; (140) tibial apophysis, dorsal view; (141) embolus, dorsolateral view (cymbium removed).
Holotype
: ơ South-western shore of Banzi Pan,
26
°
53.118'S
:
32
°
16.927'E
,
A. xanthophloea
bark,
28.vi.2003
(
NCA 2009
/670).
Paratypes
: 1ơ Crocodile Farm, Pongola R. floodplain,
26
°
54.426'S
:
32
°
19.185'E
,
A. xanthophloea
bark,
6.ii.2005
(NCA 2008/619); 1ơ Eastern shore of Shokwe Pan,
26
°
52.516'S
:
32
°
12.407'E
,
A. xanthophloea
bark,
24.i.2006
(NCA 2008/1865).
Habitat and biology: The specimens were found under
A. xanthophloea
bark.