Vicirionessa peckhamorum ( Lessert, 1927 )

Haddad, Charles Richard, Wiśniewski, Konrad & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, The jumping spiders of Mozambique (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 5560 (1), pp. 1-92 : 79-80

Vicirionessa peckhamorum ( Lessert, 1927)

Fig. 57

Viciria peckhamorum Lessert, 1927: 455 , fig. 30 (♂ ♀); Berland & Millot 1941: 378, 387, fig. 76E, F (♀).

Brancus peckhamorum (Lessert) : Wesołowska & Edwards 2012: 743, figs 38–40, 121 (♂ ♀).

Vicirionessa peckhamorum (Lessert) : Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2022: 130; Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 158 , fig. 103A–F, 104A–D (♂ ♀).

Material examined. MOZAMBIQUE: Tete: IV.1947, leg. C.F. Roewer, 1♂ 1♀ ( SMF 9632 ) , 1♂ ( SMF 9644 ) , 1♂ ( SMF 9683 ) , 1♀ ( SMF 9631 ) , 1♀ ( SMF 9647 ) .

Description. For a description of the male see Wesołowska & Wisniewski (2024). General appearance of male and palpal organ as in Fig. 57A–F . For a description of the female see Wesołowska & Edwards (2012). The female has a blackish median band on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the abdomen. Female genitalia as in Fig. 57G, H .

Distribution. Previously known from Guinea, Nigeria, D.R. Congo and Uganda. This is the first record from Mozambique and represents the southernmost locality in its range.

Figures

FIGURE 57. Vicirionessa peckhamorum (Lessert, 1927), male (A–F) and female (G, H). A. General appearance, dorsal view; B, C. Palpal organ, ventral view; D. Same, ventrolateral view; E. Tibial apophysis, lateral view; F. Same, dorsal view; G. Epigyne; H. Internal structure of epigyne.