Hyllus brevitarsis: Simon 1902 b: 391; Berland & Millot 1941: 337; Clark 1974: 17; Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 190, figs 71–74; Wesolowska 2008: 323, figs 7–22.

Hyllus natali: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 210, pl. 23, fig. 4; Strand 1909: 75; Lessert 1925 b: 495, fig. 76; Caporiacco 1940: 863, fig. 54.

Hyllus rubrotinctus: Strand 1906: 665.

See Wesolowska (2008) for description of both sexes.

Material examined: 1^Between Crocodile Farm and Main Camp, 26 ° 54.431'S: 32 ° 19.045'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short shrubs, 6.xii.2000 (NMSA 21853); 1^Crocodile Farm, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short bushes, 6.xii.2000 (NMBA 11606); 1^Eastern shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.516'S: 32 ° 12.407'E, beats, foliage, 29.xi.2000 (NCA 2008 /2738); 1^Near Nyamiti Bird Hide, Pongola R. floodplain, Ezikebheni, 26 ° 53.362'S: 32 ° 18.892'E, leaf litter, 9.ii.2005 (NCA 2008 /2739); 1ơ South-western shore of Banzi Pan, 26 ° 53.118'S: 32 ° 16.927'E, beats, short shrubs, 12.i.2007 (NCA 2007 /3022); 1^ 26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, Subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland, on grass, 6.xii.2000 (NMSA 21854); 5ơ Western shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.013'S: 32 ° 12.982'E, F. sycomorus forest, beats, foliage, 27.ii.2002 (NMSA 21855).

Distribution: Widespread in the Afrotropical Region.

Habitat and biology: This medium sized Hyllus was occasionally collected by beating foliage of shrubs and trees in various savannah and floodplain habitats (AX, BW, FF, FP and ST). Some specimens were extracted from retreats constructed on the ventral side of leaves of Sansevieria hyacinthoides plants. One female was extracted from a silk retreat constructed in a grass inflorescence. This species was only collected in late spring and summer.