Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data Author Wiśniewski, Konrad 5C3810D5-35FE-48B5-9AC8-8E6A436BE436 Institute of Biology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Arciszewskiego 22 a, 76 - 200 Słupsk, Poland. konrad.wisniewski.araneae@gmail.com Author Wesołowska, Wanda E362DE8A-ECB7-4C6E-B373-9E1821D214F7 Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland. wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-09-04 952 1 171 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2647/12221 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647 2118-9773 13752285 00BEAF45-3564-4079-BB79-504FF82966C6 Heliophanus improcerus Wesołowska, 1986 Fig. 21 Heliophanus improcerus Wesołowska, 1986: 35 , figs 376–383. Material examined UGANDA • 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ ; Lake Nabagabo ; 0°22′ S , 31°54′ E ; sweep from lake-side vegetation; 13 Mar. 1966 ; D. Penney leg.; NHM • 1 ♂ ; Bukakata ; 0°18′ S , 32°02′ E ; 11 Apr. 1995 ; D. Penney leg.; MRAC 219 503 • 2 ♀♀ ; 10 km W of Fort Portal Nkuruba Lake Nature Reserve ; 0°31′ N , 30°18′ E ; 13 Mar. 2009 ; Guinovsky leg.; MRAC 242 643 • 1 ♀ ; Entebbe , Botanical Gardens ; Apr. 2001 ; FSCA • 1 ♂ ; same locality as for preceding; long grass; 17 May 1991 ; A. Russell-Smith leg.; MRAC 236 123 . Redescription Male General appearance as in Fig. 21A. MEASUREMENTS . Cephalothorax length 1.3–1.4, width 1.1, height 0.4. Eye field length 0.6, anterior width 0.8, posterior width 0.9. Abdomen length 1.3, width 1.0. CARAPACE . Brown with black eye field. White patches behind posterior lateral eyes. Thin lines along lateral edges of carapace formed by white hairs. Mouthparts and sternum dark brown. ABDOMEN . Dark brown, clothed in short blackish hairs, with pair of diagonal white spots on posterior half of abdomen. Venter dark, spinnerets brown. LEGS . First pair brown, legs II–IV yellow with brown femora. PALPS . Brown. Palpal structure as in in Fig. 21B , embolus short and massive, tibial apophysis small, corresponding with large retrolateral cymbial tutaculum. Female Slightly larger than male, general appearance as in Fig. 21C . Colouration as in male. MEASUREMENTS . Cephalothorax length 1.6–1.9, width 1.1–1.2, height 0.4. Eye field length 0.7, anterior width 0.9, posterior width 1.0. Abdomen length 2.5–2.7, width 1.5. EPIGYNE . As in Fig. 21D–E , elliptic, short and wide, extremely small, with posterior depression. Copulatory openings placed laterally, copulatory ducts primarily directed backwards, in further part approach center of epigyne, spermathecae bean-shaped with thin long appendix ( Fig. 21F ). Distribution Previously known only from Congo , this is the first record from Uganda .