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<emphasis box="[418,679,510,536]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Heriaeus transvaalicus</emphasis>
Simon, 1895
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,
<figureCitation box="[586,616,553,579]" captionStart="Figs 1013" captionStartId="4.[144,183,804,826]" captionTargetBox="[153,1094,204,774]" captionTargetId="figure-264@4.[153,1098,204,774]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs 1013. Heriaeus spp., habitus: (10) H. peterwebbi sp. n. female; (11) H. transvaalicus Simon, 1895 female; (12) H. xanderi sp. n. female; (13) H. zanii sp. n. female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918665" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918665/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">11</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[628,705,553,580]" captionStart="Figs 4552" captionStartId="23.[181,220,1202,1224]" captionTargetBox="[193,1135,210,1171]" captionTargetId="figure-202@23.[181,1141,204,1180]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Figs 4552. (4548) Heriaeus transvaalicus Simon, 1875: (45) male palp, ventral view; (46) male palp, lateral view; (47) epigyne, ventral view; (48) epigyne, dorsal view; (4952) Heriaeus xanderi sp. n.: (49) male palp, ventral view; (50) male palp, lateral, view; (51) epigyne, ventral view; (52) epigyne, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918675" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918675/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">4548</figureCitation>
,
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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="3KYVS" authority=": Simon 1895: 438" authorityName=": Simon" authorityPageNumber="438" authorityYear="1895" box="[144,523,594,616]" class="Arachnida" family="Thomisidae" genus="Heriaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="22" pageNumber="469" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
<emphasis box="[144,354,594,616]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Heriaeus transvaalicus</emphasis>
: Simon 1895: 438
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(
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); 1910: 195;
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, figs 24, 8587 (
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Simon (1895) described
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<emphasis box="[447,633,630,656]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">H. transvaalicus</emphasis>
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based on female, although there were apparently
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available to him. When Loerboks (1983) examined the
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material, he erroneously attributed the other specimen to the male of
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<emphasis box="[912,1097,694,720]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">H. transvaalicus</emphasis>
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. It is proved now to belong to
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<emphasis box="[475,633,726,752]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">H. peterwebbi</emphasis>
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The male of
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<emphasis box="[850,1035,726,752]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">H. transvaalicus</emphasis>
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is described here for the first time.
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Diagnosis: The species is recognized by a combination of long, spiniform abdominal setae (
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), the female epigyne with a wide transverse hood, and internal organs visible externally as two black longitudinal marks below the hood (
<figureCitation box="[798,881,865,891]" captionStart="Figs 4552" captionStartId="23.[181,220,1202,1224]" captionTargetBox="[193,1135,210,1171]" captionTargetId="figure-202@23.[181,1141,204,1180]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Figs 4552. (4548) Heriaeus transvaalicus Simon, 1875: (45) male palp, ventral view; (46) male palp, lateral view; (47) epigyne, ventral view; (48) epigyne, dorsal view; (4952) Heriaeus xanderi sp. n.: (49) male palp, ventral view; (50) male palp, lateral, view; (51) epigyne, ventral view; (52) epigyne, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918675" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918675/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
). Male palp with the embolus having a broad tip that resembles that of
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<emphasis box="[689,846,897,923]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">H. peterwebbi</emphasis>
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, but differs in the RTA being darkly sclerotized with a short, comma-shaped hooked tip (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[144,1104,972,1496]" box="[144,308,972,998]" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Redescription:</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[144,228,1013,1039]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Female</emphasis>
(
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2008/1320).
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<emphasis box="[144,189,1055,1081]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Size</emphasis>
: TL 4.29, CL 2.04, CW 1.91.
<emphasis box="[512,591,1054,1080]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Colour</emphasis>
: Carapace with two longitudinal brown stripes and irregular V-shaped white lines medially; setae transparent; clypeus yellow-brown; eye region white. Abdomen brown with central longitudinal white stripe with three white crossbars; laterally with curved white lines and number of dark spots; abdominal setae transparent except a few widely spaced posterior brown setae (
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) that are easily lost. Legs with brown spots, especially femora I and II.
<emphasis box="[763,873,1215,1241]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Carapace</emphasis>
:
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: AMEAME 0.22, ALEAME 0.27, PMEPME 0.19, PLEPME 0.32, AMEPME 0.21, MOQL AMEPME 0.24, MOQAW AMEAME 0.30, MOQPW PMEPME 0.25.
<emphasis box="[144,351,1311,1336]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Leg measurements</emphasis>
: leg I Fe 1.98, Pat 0.62, Tib 1.68, Mt 1.81, Ta 0.70, total 6.79; leg II Fe 1.54, Pat 0.62, Tib 1.37, Mt 1.51, Ta 0.76, total 5.80; leg III Fe 1.19, Pat 0.45, Tib 0.73, Mt 0.70, Ta 0.49, total 3.56; leg IV Fe 0.74, Pat 0.50, Tib 1.0, Mt 0.73, Ta 0.45, total 0.42.
<emphasis box="[207,313,1406,1432]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Oval; setae long, spiniform with acute tips.
<emphasis box="[817,909,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Epigyne</emphasis>
: Wide transverse hood, internal organs externally visible as two dark longitudinal marks below hood (
<figureCitation box="[152,236,1470,1496]" captionStart="Figs 4552" captionStartId="23.[181,220,1202,1224]" captionTargetBox="[193,1135,210,1171]" captionTargetId="figure-202@23.[181,1141,204,1180]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Figs 4552. (4548) Heriaeus transvaalicus Simon, 1875: (45) male palp, ventral view; (46) male palp, lateral view; (47) epigyne, ventral view; (48) epigyne, dorsal view; (4952) Heriaeus xanderi sp. n.: (49) male palp, ventral view; (50) male palp, lateral, view; (51) epigyne, ventral view; (52) epigyne, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918675" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918675/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
); copulatory ducts thick with coils (
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).
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<emphasis box="[144,202,1513,1539]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Male</emphasis>
(
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2008/1320).
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<emphasis box="[144,189,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Size</emphasis>
: TL 3.31, CL 1.43, CW 1.59.
<emphasis box="[525,604,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="469">Colour</emphasis>
: Carapace yellow-brown with two indistinct longitudinal brown stripes extending to PEs; setae transparent in posterior half, brown in anterior half; chelicerae yellow-brown; clypeus yellow-brown; eye region white centrally, brown around AMEs; eye tubercles white. Abdomen yellow­brown; white markings form six transverse bands; 3 or 4 longitudinal striae laterally bearing some setae with dark bases. Legs spotted with brown; coxae each with distal white spot.
<emphasis box="[181,291,1425,1451]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Carapace</emphasis>
:
<emphasis box="[307,516,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Eye measurements</emphasis>
: AMEAME 0.16, ALEAME 0.10, PMEPME 0.13, PLEPME 0.27, AMEPME 0.18, MOQL AMEPME 0.24, MOQAW AMEAME 0.25, MOQPW PMEPME 0.21.
<emphasis box="[560,767,1489,1514]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Leg measurements</emphasis>
: leg I Fe 2.57, Pat 0.82, Tib 2.66, Mt 2.46, Ta 1.00, total 9.51; leg II Fe 2.16, Pat 0.68, Tib 2.10, Mt 2.12, Ta 0.89, total 7.95; leg III Fe 1.03, Pat 0.59, Tib 0.88, Mt 0.74, Ta 0.51, total 3.75; leg IV Fe 0.87, Pat 0.47, Tib 1.15, Mt 0.87, Ta 0.49, total 3.85.
<emphasis box="[675,781,1584,1610]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Oval, narrower than in female; setae long, spiniform, with acute tips, sometimes with 26 brown setae posteriorly.
<emphasis box="[181,293,1648,1674]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Male palp</emphasis>
: Embolus winding less than once around tegulum; embolus tip broad, curving posteriorly; VTA digitiform; RTA with darkly sclerotized short comma-shaped tooth, directed dorsally (
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).
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Figs 4552. (4548)
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<emphasis box="[380,592,1202,1224]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Heriaeus transvaalicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
: (45) male palp, ventral view; (46) male palp, lateral view; (47) epigyne, ventral view; (48) epigyne, dorsal view; (4952)
<taxonomicName authority="Niekerk &amp; Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013" authorityName="Niekerk &amp; Dippenaar-Schoeman" authorityYear="2013" box="[926,1083,1226,1248]" class="Arachnida" family="Thomisidae" genus="Heriaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="23" pageNumber="470" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xanderi" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[926,1083,1226,1248]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="470">Heriaeus xanderi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1088,1138,1226,1247]" pageId="23" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
: (49) male palp, ventral view; (50) male palp, lateral, view; (51) epigyne, ventral view; (52) epigyne, dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<materialsCitation collectionCode="MNHN" country="South Africa" latitude="-24.18" location="Makapan'" longLatPrecision="751" longitude="29.01" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Limpopo" typeStatus="holotype">
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(examined):
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<specimenCount box="[349,366,275,297]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female"></specimenCount>
</emphasis>
(together with
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<taxonomicName authority="Niekerk &amp; Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013" authorityName="Niekerk &amp; Dippenaar-Schoeman" authorityYear="2013" box="[541,670,274,296]" class="Arachnida" family="Thomisidae" genus="Heriaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peterwebbi" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[541,670,274,296]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">H. peterwebbi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[675,725,274,295]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
)
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:
<emphasis box="[913,994,275,296]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">
<collectingRegion box="[913,994,275,296]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D8D254FFFDA93721F7FE66FE61FD7E:8EAE3599FFF3A93723A4FE8BFBABFECE" box="[1009,1103,274,296]" country="South Africa" latitude="-24.18" longLatPrecision="751" longitude="29.01" name="Makapan'" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" stateProvince="Limpopo">Makapan</location>
[= Mokopane,
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<geoCoordinate box="[356,432,298,319]" degrees="29.01" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" precision="555" value="29.01">29.01°E</geoCoordinate>
] (
<collectionCode box="[450,525,298,319]" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">MNHN</collectionCode>
).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[144,1105,204,664]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">
Other material examined:
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<collectingCountry box="[385,554,330,351]" name="South Africa" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis box="[564,645,331,352]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">
<collectingRegion box="[564,645,331,352]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount box="[658,686,330,351]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[693,721,330,351]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D8D254FFFDA93721F7FE66FE61FD7E:8EAE3599FFF3A937228CFED3FC7FFEB9" box="[729,923,330,352]" country="South Africa" latitude="-23.58" longLatPrecision="753" longitude="29.28" name="Polokwane Nat. Res." pageId="24" pageNumber="471" stateProvince="Limpopo">Polokwane Nat. Res.</location>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[936,1009,330,352]" degrees="23.58" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" precision="555" value="-23.58">23.58°S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[1016,1094,330,351]" degrees="29.28" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" precision="555" value="29.28">29.28°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<date box="[144,231,354,376]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-03-08">
<collectingDate box="[144,231,354,376]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-03-08">8.iii.2005</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[238,318,354,376]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">T. Khoza</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[344,445,354,376]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">M. Modiba</collectorName>
, sweeping open savannah (
<specimenCode box="[681,779,354,375]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/1838, 2008/1319)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2005-03-09" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="T. Khoza &amp; M. Modiba" country="South Africa" latitude="-23.58" location="Polokwane Nat. Res." longLatPrecision="753" longitude="29.28" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" specimenCode="NCA 2008" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Limpopo">
<specimenCount box="[951,979,354,375]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
same locality,
<date box="[144,233,378,400]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-03-09">
<collectingDate box="[144,233,378,400]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-03-09">9.iii.2005</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[244,329,378,400]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">T. Khoza</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[364,471,378,400]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">M. Modiba</collectorName>
, sweeping false grassland (
<specimenCode box="[727,832,378,399]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/1837)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2005-03-15" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="T. Khoza &amp; M. Modiba" country="South Africa" latitude="-23.58" location="Polokwane Nat. Res." longLatPrecision="753" longitude="29.28" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" specimenCode="NCA 2008" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Limpopo">
<specimenCount box="[903,932,378,399]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[940,968,378,399]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
same locality,
<date box="[144,244,402,424]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-03-15">
<collectingDate box="[144,244,402,424]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-03-15">15.iii.2005</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[253,336,402,424]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">T. Khoza</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[366,471,402,424]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">M. Modiba</collectorName>
, sweeping woodland (
<specimenCode box="[673,774,402,423]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/1320)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2005-05-11" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="T. Khoza &amp; M. Modiba" country="South Africa" latitude="-23.58" location="Polokwane Nat. Res." longLatPrecision="753" longitude="29.28" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" specimenCode="NCA 2008" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Limpopo">
<specimenCount box="[844,872,402,423]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
same locality,
<date box="[1009,1100,402,424]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-05-11">
<collectingDate box="[1009,1100,402,424]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2005-05-11">11.v.2005</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[144,225,426,448]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">T. Khoza</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[253,356,426,448]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">M. Modiba</collectorName>
, sweeping false grassland (
<specimenCode box="[598,699,426,447]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/1338)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2006-01-21" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="T. Khoza &amp; M. Modiba" country="South Africa" latitude="-23.58" location="Polokwane Nat. Res." longLatPrecision="753" longitude="29.28" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" specimenCode="NCA 2008" specimenCount="11" specimenCount-female="5" specimenCount-male="6" stateProvince="Limpopo">
<specimenCount box="[767,885,426,448]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female">1♀ 4 imm. ♀</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[890,975,426,448]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="male">6 imm. ♂</specimenCount>
same locality,
<date box="[144,231,450,472]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2006-01-21">
<collectingDate box="[144,231,450,472]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2006-01-21">21.i.2006</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[239,320,450,472]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">T. Khoza</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[346,449,450,472]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">M. Modiba</collectorName>
, sweeping open savannah (
<specimenCode box="[690,789,450,471]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/1212)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2006-02-07" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="T. Khoza &amp; M. Modiba" country="South Africa" latitude="-23.58" location="Polokwane Nat. Res." longLatPrecision="753" longitude="29.28" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" specimenCode="NCA 2008" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Limpopo">
<specimenCount box="[857,886,450,471]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
same locality,
<date box="[1017,1100,450,472]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2006-02-07">
<collectingDate box="[1017,1100,450,472]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="2006-02-07">7.ii.2006</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[144,225,474,496]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">T. Khoza</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[253,357,474,496]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">M. Modiba</collectorName>
, sweeping open savannah (
<specimenCode box="[599,700,474,495]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">NCA 2008</specimenCode>
/1321)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1983-02-17" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="A. van den Berg &amp; T. Marren" country="South Africa" latitude="-25.72" location="Rustenburg Nat. Res." longLatPrecision="747" longitude="27.18" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" specimenCode="NCA 1984" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="North West">
<emphasis box="[767,867,474,496]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">
<collectingRegion box="[767,867,474,496]" country="South Africa" name="North West" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">North West</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount box="[878,907,474,495]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D8D254FFFDA93721F7FE66FE61FD7E:8EAE3599FFF3A93723C5FE43FBB5FE09" box="[912,1105,474,496]" country="South Africa" latitude="-25.72" longLatPrecision="747" longitude="27.18" name="Rustenburg Nat. Res." pageId="24" pageNumber="471" stateProvince="North West">Rustenburg Nat. Res.</location>
(
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<geoCoordinate box="[229,307,498,519]" degrees="27.18" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" precision="555" value="27.18">27.18°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<date box="[322,416,498,520]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="1983-02-17">
<collectingDate box="[322,416,498,520]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471" value="1983-02-17">17.ii.1983</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[424,573,498,520]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">A. van den Berg</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[601,693,498,519]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">T. Marren</collectorName>
, sweeping grass (
<specimenCode box="[852,952,498,519]" collectionCode="NCA" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">NCA 1984</specimenCode>
/402)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[144,1105,204,664]" box="[144,974,534,561]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">
Distribution:
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(
<collectingRegion box="[450,555,534,560]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion box="[609,736,534,561]" country="South Africa" name="North West" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">North West</collectingRegion>
provinces) (
<figureCitation box="[877,961,534,561]" captionStart="Figs 5759" captionStartId="27.[347,386,1654,1676]" captionTargetBox="[181,1141,609,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-176@27.[132,1190,602,1636]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="Figs 5759. Distribution of Heriaeus spp. in the Afrotropical Region." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918679/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">Fig. 58</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[144,1105,204,664]" pageId="24" pageNumber="471">Natural history: All the specimens were collected by sweeping grassland, false grassland, woodland and open savannah. Females were collected from January to May and adult males in March.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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