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
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journal article
2305-2562
Hyllus treleaveni
Peckham & Peckham, 1902
Figs 243–245
Hyllus treleaveni
: Peckham & Peckham 1902: 334
; 1903: 207, pl. 23, fig. 3;
Wesolowska & Cumming
2004: 579, figs 1–30.
Hyllus moestus
: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 208
, pl. 23, fig. 5;
Wesolowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 42
, figs
84–88.
Hyllus bevisi
:
Lessert 1925
a
: 495
, figs 77–78.
Hyllus marleyi
: Lessert 1925
b
: 352
, fig. 15.
Hyllus normanae
:
Wanless & Clark 1975: 280
, figs 13, 14.
See
Wesolowska & Cumming (2004)
for description of both sexes. General appearance of both sexes and face of female in
Figs 243–245
.
Material examined:6ơ 4^Crocodile Farm,
26
°
54.426'S
:
32
°
19.185'E
, broadleaf woodland, on wall of house, and short shrubs,
11.iv.2006
(
NCA
2006/777);
1 subadult
^same locality, on wall of house,
17.i.2006
(
NCA
2006/696); 1^Eastern shore of Shokwe Pan,
26
°
52.516'S
:
32
°
12.407'E
,
A. xanthophloea
bark,
16.vi.2005
(
NCA
2008/1858); 1^Red Cliffs, Usutu
R
.,
26
°
51.164'S
:
32
°
12.365'E
, semiaquatic vegetation,
7.xii.2000
(
NMSA
21856); 1^South-western shore of Banzi Pan,
26
°
53.118'S
:
32
°
16.927'E
,
A. xanthophloea
bark,
5.ii.2005
(
NCA
2008/659); 1ơ 1^Western shore of Nyamiti Pan,
26
°
53.767'S
:
32
°
16.557'E
,
A.xanthophloea
bark,
6.ii.2005
(
NCA
2008/597).
Distribution: Species widespread in the Afrotropical Region.
Habitat and biology:This large salticid was commonly collected from foliage, especially in
BW
, but also occasionally in
FP
habitats. On one occasion in April more than 20 individuals were found on a single broadleaved shrub and the outside walls of a house at Crocodile Farm, where males were displaying to females and to one another. Two couples were observed mating. One adult female was observed with an ichneumonid wasp in its chelicerae (
Fig. 244
). The biology of this species was studied in more detail by
Wesolowska & Cumming (2004)
.