The jumping spiders of Mozambique (Araneae: Salticidae) Author Haddad, Charles Richard 0000-0002-2317-7760 haddadcr @ ufs. ac. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2317 - 7760 haddadcr@ufs.ac.za Author Wiśniewski, Konrad 0000-0002-6780-3292 Institute of Biology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Arciszewskiego 22 a, 76 - 200 Słupsk, Poland & konrad. wisniewski. araneae @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6780 - 3292 konrad.wisniewski.araneae@gmail.com Author Wesołowska, Wanda 0000-0002-4411-1058 Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa & Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa & wanda. h. wesolowska @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4411 - 1058 * Corresponding author wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-27 5560 1 1 92 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5560.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5560.1.1 1175-5334 14595436 0F942970-010E-4775-856E-31CA016DAD50 Myrmarachne solitaria Peckham & Peckham, 1903 Figs 32 , 33 Myrmarachne solitaria Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 250 , pl. 29, fig. 5 ( ♂ ♀ ); Wanless 1978b: 75 , fig. 46A–L ( ♂ ♀ ); Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 65 , figs 124–126 ( ♀ ); Wesołowska & Haddad 2014: 253 , figs 82–86 ( ♂ ♀ ). Diagnosis. This species is similar to Myrmarachne kiboschensis . The male can be recognized by the chelicerae lacking a fang apophysis. The female can be distinguished by the large epigynal pocket and the looped spermathecae ( Fig. 33D, E ). Material examined. MOZAMBIQUE : Gaza : Xai-Xai , Montego’s Camp , 25°03.659’S , 33°40.633’E , leaf litter, dune forest, 2.XII.2007 , leg. C. Haddad , 3♀ ( NCA 2020 /175) . Inhambane : Bartholomew Diaz Point , 21°15.585’S , 35°06.851’E , leaf litter, mangroves, 10.XII.2007 , leg. C. Haddad , R. Lyle & R. Fourie , 2♂ 2♀ 2 imm. ( NCA 2020 /116); Morrungulo, Morrungulo Resort, 23°13.983’S , 32°29.587’E , leaf litter, coastal forest, 6.XII.2007 , leg. C. Haddad , R. Lyle & R. Fourie , 1♂ 2♀ ( NCA 2020 /157), 1♂ ( NCA 2020 /168) . Maputo : near Marracuene , Blue Anchor Inn , 25°35.124’S , 32°39.568’E , sifting leaf litter, savanna, 28.XII.2007 , leg. C. Haddad & R. Fourie , 1♀ ( NCA 2020 /185) . FIGURE 32. Myrmarachne solitaria Peckham & Peckham, 1903 , males (A–C) and females (D, E), general appearance. A, D. Dorsal view; B, E. Ventral view; C. Lateral view. FIGURE 33. Myrmarachne solitaria Peckham & Peckham, 1903 , male (A–C) and female (D, E). A. Chelicera of male; B. Palpal organ, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Epigyne; E. Internal structure of epigyne. Description. Male: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 1.9, height 0.6. Abdomen length 1.8, width 1.1. Eye field length 0.8, anterior width 0.9, posterior width 1.0. General appearance as in Fig. 32A–C . Carapace high, thoracic part with clear hump. Colouration of carapace brownish-orange, eyes surrounded by black rings, sometimes anterior part of eye field transparent, with silver spots of internal guanine crystals. Fine colourless hairs on carapace, wedge-shaped patches in constriction formed by white hairs, two trichobothria in constriction. Mouthparts brownish-orange. Cheliceral fang usually without apophysis ( Fig. 33A ). Abdomen ovoid, black with transverse white band in anterior half, venter blackish. Spinnerets dark. First coxae light yellow, other brown. Legs I with brown femora and black metatarsi, other segments yellow, with dark line along lateral surfaces of patellae and tibiae. Legs II–IV yellowish-brown. Tibia I with three pairs of ventral spines, metatarsus with two pairs. Palpal organ as in Fig. 33B, C . Female: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 1.9–2.1, height 0.7. Abdomen length 2.1–2.3, width 1.1–1.3. Eye field length 0.8–0.9, anterior width 0.8–0.9, posterior width 0.9–1.0. General appearance as in Fig. 32D, E . Shape and colouration similar as in male. Front of abdomen whitish, white area often covers anterior half of its length. Epigyne with large median pouch ( Fig. 33D ), internal structure relatively simple ( Fig. 33E ). Remarks. The two males from Bartholomew Diaz Point have chelicerae with a stout apophysis, as in Myrmarachne kiboschensis . However, all of their other features are identical to those of “typical” specimens of M. solitaria , and the females accompanying them also represent this species. Distribution. Species known from South Africa and Lesotho , recorded for the first time from Mozambique .