Phlegra touba Logunov & Azarkina, 2006

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 87-88

Phlegra touba Logunov & Azarkina, 2006

Phlegra touba Logunov & Azarkina, 2006: 741 , figs 58–71.

Phlegra touba – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2011: 591, figs 140–142.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Lamto ; 2 Oct. 1975; “savane, au sol”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 16 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 26 Aug. 1974; “savane mal-brulée avec buissons, au sol”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Dec. 1975; “savane non-brulée, base des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; 10 km S of Odienné ; 19 Oct. 1975; “savane arbustive, au sol”; MNHN • 1 ♀; 12 km W of Ferké ; 17 Oct. 1975; “savane, herbes au sol”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mt Niangbo ; 8°08′ N, 5°06′ W; 15–16 Oct. 1975; “sommet, ‘alpages’, dans l’herbes”; MNHN .

Description

See Logunov & Azarkina (2006).

Remarks

A species similar to Phlegra bresnieri , but differs in colouration (completely black), whereas P. bresnieni has longitudinal white lines along the body. The dorsal surface of the abdomen of the male of P. touba is covered with a scutum.

Biology

At Lamto, this species was confined to the ground layer of savannah habitats.

Distribution

Recorded from Nigeria and Ivory Coast.