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
50
1
13
103
journal article
2305-2562
Heliophanus orchesta
Simon, 1886
Heliophanus orchesta
: Simon 1886: 389
, fig. 2; 1901
a
: 54, fig. 4;
Wesolowska 1986: 30
, figs 295–309.
Heliophanus ambiguus
:
Lessert 1925
a
: 458
, figs 40–42.
Heliophanus decoloratus
:
Lawrence 1927: 58
, pl. 4, fig. 83.
See
Wesolowska (1986)
for description of both sexes.
Material examined: 1^Crocodile Farm,
26
°
54.426'S
:
32
°
19.185'E
, broadleaf woodland, leaf litter,
8.vii.2004
(
NCA 2008
/2732)
.
Distribution: Widely distributed in southern Africa and known also from
Madagascar
. Habitat and biology: This rare species was collected from grassy litter at the base of
Cynodon dactylon
grass in floodplain vegetation.