Afraflacilla matabelensis Haddad & Wesołowska 2024, comb. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Nelson Mandela Drive, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
- 2. Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland
Description
Afraflacilla matabelensis (Wesołowska, 2011) comb. nov.
Pseudicius matabelensis Wesołowska, 2011: 338, figs 73–78.
Material examined.
South Africa • Northern Cape Province; 2 ♂; Upington, Duine-in-die-Weg Guest Farm; - 28.57, 21.77; 840 m a. s. l.; 24 Oct 2017; H. Badenhorst leg.; hand collecting; NCA 2020 / 18 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; - 28.58, 21.78, 875 m a. s. l.; NCA 2020 / 21 • 1 ♂; Namaqua National Park, Koeroebees; - 30.1447, 17.7029; 240 m a. s. l.; 27 Mar 2022, C. Haddad et al. leg.; beating shrubs, dry river bed; NMBA 18564.
Distribution.
A species described from Zimbabwe (Wesołowska 2011) and recently recorded from the KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa (Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2023). Recorded from two additional localities in the latter province here, indicating a broad distribution in southern Africa.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NCA , NMBA
- Material sample ID
- NCA 2020 , NMBA 18564
- Event date
- 2017-10-24 , 2022-03-27
- Verbatim event date
- 2017-10-24 , 2022-03-27
- Scientific name authorship
- Haddad & Wesołowska
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Afraflacilla
- Species
- matabelensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Afraflacilla matabelensis (Wesolowska, 2011) sec. Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024
References
- Wesolowska W (2011) New species and new records of jumping spiders from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 22: 307 - 346.
- Wesołowska W (2011) New species and new records of jumping spiders from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 22: 307–346.
- Dippenaar-Schoeman AS, Haddad CR, Lotz LN, Booysen R, Steenkamp RC, Foord SH (2023) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of South Africa. African Invertebrates 64 (3): 221–281. https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.64.111047