Hyllus argyrotoxus Simon, 1902

Wesolowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2009, Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa, African Invertebrates 50 (1), pp. 13-103 : 49

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scientific name	Hyllus argyrotoxus Simon, 1902
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Hyllus argyrotoxus Simon, 1902 View in CoL

Fig. 242

Hyllus argyrotoxus: Simon 1902 b: 391 View in CoL ; Clark 1974: 16; Wesolowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 39, figs 77–

83.

Hyllus perspicuus: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 209 View in CoL , pl. 23, fig. 2; Lessert 1925 a: 492, fig. 75; 1925 b: 350;

Berland & Millot 1941: 338, fig. 43.

See Wesolowska & Russell-Smith (2000) for description of both sexes. General appearance of male in Fig. 242.

Material examined: 1^Crocodile Farm, Pongola R. floodplain, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, fever tree bark, 6.vii.2004 ( NMSA 21848 About NMSA ) GoogleMaps ; 1ơ same locality, under tree bark, 12.i.2007 ( NCA 2007 /3076); 1ơ same locality, on wall of house, 11.v.2006 ( NCA 2006 /778); 1ơ same locality, beats, short shrubs, 11.iv.2006 ( NCA 2006 / 781); 1^Eastern shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.516'S: 32 ° 12.407'E, beats, trees, 24.i.2006, R. Lyle ( NMSA 21849 About NMSA ) GoogleMaps ; 1ơ same locality, under logs, 5.i.2007 ( NCA 2007 /3028); 1^Near Nyamiti Bird Hide, Pongola R. floodplain, Ezikebheni, 26 ° 53.362'S: 32 ° 18.892'E, leaf litter, 9.ii.2005 ( NCA 2008 /2736); 1ơ same locality, pitfall traps, 15–25.i.2006, C. Haddad & R. Lyle ( NCA 2008 /1875); 1ơ same locality, pitfall traps, 18–28.vi.2006, C. Haddad & F. Jordaan ( NCA 2008 /1871); 3^Pongola / Usutu River floodplains, 26 ° 51.585'S: 32 ° 18.916'E, subtropical bush, on low shrubs, 2.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2737); 2ơ Southern boundary fence, deep sand forest, 26 ° 55.578'S: 32 ° 19.081'E, beats, foliage, 9.ii.2005 ( NMSA 21850 About NMSA ) GoogleMaps ; 1^26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland, on foliage, 8.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21851 About NMSA ) GoogleMaps ; 1^26 ° 51.908'S: 32 ° 14.458'E, subtropical bush, Mahemane thicket, beats, foliage, 2.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21852 About NMSA ) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Widely distributed in the Afrotropical Region.

Habitat and biology: This species was mainly collected from foliage of shrubs and trees in most of the habitats in the reserve. One female was collected from a retreat with an egg sac constructed on the underside of a leaf. Silk was used to fold the leaf, forming a broad tube in which the egg sac was constructed.