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
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Schenkelia modesta
Lessert, 1927
Schenkelia modesta
Lessert, 1927: 466
, figs 36–37.
Schenkelia gertschi
Berland & Millot, 1941: 395
, fig. 86c.
Plexippus fibulatus
Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 454
, figs 69–70, 107,
syn. nov.
Schenkelia modesta
–
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 94
, figs 256–260. —
Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 80
, figs 170–175.
Material examined
UGANDA
•
1 ♀
;
Mukono distr.
,
Mabira Forest
;
0°24′ N
,
33°01′ E
; road to
Jinja
;
0°25′ N
,
33°12′ E
;
Aug. 1994
;
D. Penney
leg.;
NHM
•
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
;
Rubaga
;
0°18′ N
,
32°33′ E
;
Apr. 1995
;
D. Penney
leg.;
NHM
•
3 ♂♂
; same locality as for preceding; tree trunks;
Jul. 1994
;
NHM
•
1 ♀
; same locality as for preceding; under lichen;
Jul. 1994
; compound house;
Jul.–Aug. 1994
;
NHM
•
3 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
; same locality as for preceding; summer 1994;
NHM
•
1 ♂
;
Bundibugyo
,
Semliki Forest
;
0°44′ N
,
29°57′ E
;
670 m
a.s.l.
;
5–12 Feb. 1997
;
T. Wagner
leg.;
ZFMK 3830
•
2 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
;
Entebbe
;
Apr. 1999
;
FSCA
•
1 ♀
; same collection data as for preceding;
FSCA
•
1 ♂
,
2 ♀♀
; same locality as for preceding;
Apr. 2001
;
FSCA
•
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
;
Kampala
;
Jun. 1996
;
FSCA
•
3 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
;
Kampala
,
Namulonge Research Station
;
0°34′ N
,
34°50′ E
,
13 Jan. 1987
; on tree trunks;
A. Russell-Smith
leg.;
MRAC 217 517
•
1 ♀
; same locality as for preceding;
12 Oct. 1997
;
MRAC 217 520
.
Distribution
The species is known both from Equatorial and southern Africa, this is the first record from
Uganda
.
Synonymisation
The description of
Plexippus fibulatus
was the result of a misidentification of
S. modesta
.