Afromarengo coriacea (Simon, 1900)

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 : 20

Afromarengo coriacea (Simon, 1900)

Marengo coriacea: Simon 1900 a: 401 ; Lawrence 1947: 36, fig. 22; Wanless 1978 a: 261, fig. 1a–j, pl. 1a–c; Wesolowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 67, figs 171–174.

Marengo kibonotensis: Lessert 1925 a: 439 , figs 15–17.

Afromarengo coriacea: Benjamin 2004: 66 , figs 4c, 57a–c, 58a–d, 59a–f.

See Wanless (1978 a) for description of both sexes.

Material examined: 1ơ Between Main Camp and Vulture Restaurant, 26 ° 54.276'S: 32 ° 18.664'E, broadleaf woodland, on bush, 3.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21834 ) ; 2^Southern boundary fence, 26 ° 55.578'S: 32 ° 19.081'E, deep sand forest, under tree bark, 11.i.2007 ( NCA 2007 /3034); 1ơ Western shore of Nyamiti Pan, 26 ° 53.767'S: 32 ° 16.557'E, A. xanthophloea bark, 6.ii.2005 ( NCA 2008 /598) .

Distribution: Known from Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.

Habitat and biology: This species was rare and was collected by beating foliage in BW. Adults were collected from beneath bark in AX and SF, close to colonies of Crematogaster ants.