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Harmochirus luculentus : Simon 1886

Description

Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886

Harmochirus luculentus: Simon 1886: 387; Prószyński 1987: 59, 108; Wesolowska 1994: 205, figs 21–24; Logunov 2001: 254, figs 206–246; Wesolowska & van Harten 2007: 214, figs 68–75.

Harmochirus albibarbis: Peckham & Peckham 1895: 171, pl. 16, fig. 3; Wesolowska 1994: 198, figs 1–3. Valloa elegans: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 218, pl. 24, fig. 10.

Harmochirus elegans: Wesolowska 1994: 203, figs 14, 15.

See Logunov (2001) for description of both sexes.

Material examined: 1ơ Crocodile Farm, Pongola R. floodplain, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, under tree bark, 12.i.2007 (NCA 2007 /3075); 1^Near NRC picnic site, 26 ° 52.742'S: 32 ° 11.088'E, A. tortilis savannah, sweeps, grass, 29.xi.2000 (NCA 2008 /2039).

Distribution: Species widespread in the Afrotropical Region.

Habitat and biology: This rare species was collected from tall grasses in AS. One male was collected from under tree bark along the Pongola River floodplain.

Notes

Published as part of Wesolowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2009, Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa, pp. 13-103 in African Invertebrates 50 (1) on page 41

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NCA , NRC
Event date
2000-11-29 , 2007-01-12
Family
Salticidae
Genus
Harmochirus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
NCA 2007 , NCA 2008
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
: Simon
Species
luculentus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2000-11-29 , 2007-01-12
Taxonomic concept label
Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886 sec. Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009

References

  • WESOLOWSKA, W. & VAN HARTEN, A. 1994. The jumping spiders of Yemen. Sana'a: Yemeni-German Plant Protection Project.