Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data
Author
Wiśniewski, Konrad
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Institute of Biology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Arciszewskiego 22 a, 76 - 200 Słupsk, Poland.
konrad.wisniewski.araneae@gmail.com
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
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Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland.
wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com
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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
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Thyene mutica
(Simon, 1902)
Fig. 95
Brancus muticus
Simon, 1902a: 400
.
Brancus bevisi
Lessert, 1925b: 356
, fig. 17.
Brancus muticus
– Simon 1903: 709, fig. 838. —
Berland & Millot 1941: 332
, fig. 34b. —
Azarkina & Foord 2013: 169
, figs 18–35.
Brancus bevisi
–
Berland & Millot 1941: 331
, figs 34c, 35d.
Thyene mutica
–
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2022: 120
.
Fig. 95.
Thyene mutica
(Simon, 1902)
, ♂ (MRAC 219 527).
A
. General appearance.
B
. Palpal organ, ventral view.
C
. Palpal organ, lateral view.
Material examined
UGANDA
•
1 ♂
;
Rubaga
; on vegetation;
31 Mar. 1995
;
D. Penney
leg.;
MRAC 219 527
.
Description
Description of both sexes see
Azarkina & Foord (2013)
. General appearance of male as in
Fig. 95A
, palpal organ as in
Fig. 95B–C
.
Distribution
Species widely distributed in Africa, it is newly recorded in the fauna of
Uganda
.
Remarks
This specimen differs from other members of
Thyene
by the tibial apophysis, which is relatively long and with a notch at the top. The length of the tibial apophysis is variable, but in all known specimens it had a clearly sharp tip.