Heliophanus (Helafricanus) modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2014, An overview of the jumping spiders of Lesotho (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species, African Invertebrates 55 (2), pp. 229-229 : 242

Heliophanus (Helafricanus) modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903

Heliophanus modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 193 , pl. 20, fig. 2; Wesołowska 1986: 25, figs 215–225; Haddad & Wesołowska 2011: 72, figs 41, 42.

Wesołowska (1986) described both sexes.

Material examined: Maseru district: 3♀ Bushman’s Pass, Near Ha Ralitseko , 29°26'S 27°52'E, 2435 m, under rocks, montane grassland, 9.iii.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3056 ); 2♀ Mohale Dam, Islands , 29°25'S 28°06'E, 14.xii.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3059 ); 1♂ Same locality, 15.xii.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3058 ). Qacha’s Nek district: 2♂ Qacha’s Nek , 30°07'S 28°41'E, 1800 m, sweeps, weedy vegetation, 8.xi.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3057 ). Quthing district: 2♂ 2♀ Ha Liphapang village , 30°27'S 28°00'E, 1660 m, sweeps near Sebapela River , 15.xi.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3055 ); 3♂ 2♀ Near Ha Thlaku village , 30°10'S 28°14'E, 2100 m, maize field, 14.xi.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3054 ). Thaba-Tseka district: 1♂ 10♀ Mohale Dam, Ha Korporale , 29°25'S 28°07'E, 2270 m, under rocks, 16.xii.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3060 ).

Distribution: A species previously known from South Africa and Madagascar. Widespread in central and southern Lesotho ( Fig. 48 ).

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Fig. 48. Distribution of Salticidae from Lesotho.