Heliocapensis redimitus ( Simon, 1910 )

Haddad, Charles Richard & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae), African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 127-159 : 127-159

Heliocapensis redimitus ( Simon, 1910)

Fig. 6

Heliophanus redimitus Simon, 1910: 216; Wesołowska 1986: 12, figs 10, 11.

Heliocapensis redimitus Wesołowska 2024: 85.

Material examined.

South Africa • Northern Cape Province; 1 ♀; Goegap Nature Reserve ; 29 ° 41 ' 18 " S, 17 ° 57 ' 57 " E; 16 Jul 2017; R. Booysen leg.; beating shrubs; NCA 2017 / 1284 .

Re-description.

Female: Measurements: Cephalothorax length 1.7, width 1.2, height 0.6. Abdomen length 2.2, width 1.5. Eye field length 0.7, anterior width 1.1, posterior width 1.2. General appearance in alcohol as in Fig. 6 A . Carapace dark brown, clothed in whitish hairs and brown bristles, thin white line along lateral edges of carapace, eye field black, reticulate punctured, anterior eyes rounded by white scales. Sternum and mouthparts brown. Abdomen brown, covered with dark hairs, with thin white streak along anterior edge, pair of round white stains in middle of abdomen. Venter brownish, spinnerets black. Legs dark yellow, spines and hairs brown. Epigyne oval, wide and short, with large central depression (Fig. 6 B ). Copulatory openings placed laterally, at borders of depression, internal structure simple (see fig. 11 in Wesołowska 1986).

Distribution.

This species was previously known from the type locality, Komaggas ( Wesołowska 1986; Haddad and Marusik 2019), approximately 45 km west of this recently collected specimen. This is only the second record of the species.

Figures

Figure 6. Heliocapensis redimitus (Simon, 1910), female: A general appearance of female, dorsal view B epigyne, ventral view.