Hyllus brevitarsis Simon, 1902

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 : 50

Hyllus brevitarsis Simon, 1902

Hyllus brevitarsis: Simon 1902 b: 391 ; Berland & Millot 1941: 337; Clark 1974: 17; Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 190, figs 71–74; Wesolowska 2008: 323, figs 7–22.

Hyllus natali: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 210 , pl. 23, fig. 4; Strand 1909: 75; Lessert 1925 b: 495, fig. 76; Caporiacco 1940: 863, fig. 54.

Hyllus rubrotinctus: Strand 1906: 665 .

See Wesolowska (2008) for description of both sexes.

Material examined: 1^Between Crocodile Farm and Main Camp, 26 ° 54.431'S: 32 ° 19.045'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short shrubs, 6.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21853 ) ; 1^Crocodile Farm, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short bushes, 6.xii.2000 ( NMBA 11606 ) ; 1^Eastern shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.516'S: 32 ° 12.407'E, beats, foliage, 29.xi.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2738); 1^Near Nyamiti Bird Hide, Pongola R. floodplain, Ezikebheni, 26 ° 53.362'S: 32 ° 18.892'E, leaf litter, 9.ii.2005 ( NCA 2008 /2739); 1ơ South-western shore of Banzi Pan, 26 ° 53.118'S: 32 ° 16.927'E, beats, short shrubs, 12.i.2007 ( NCA 2007 /3022); 1^ 26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, Subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland, on grass, 6.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21854 ) ; 5ơ Western shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.013'S: 32 ° 12.982'E, F. sycomorus forest, beats, foliage, 27.ii.2002 ( NMSA 21855 ) .

Distribution: Widespread in the Afrotropical Region.

Habitat and biology: This medium sized Hyllus was occasionally collected by beating foliage of shrubs and trees in various savannah and floodplain habitats ( AX, BW, FF, FP and ST). Some specimens were extracted from retreats constructed on the ventral side of leaves of Sansevieria hyacinthoides plants. One female was extracted from a silk retreat constructed in a grass inflorescence. This species was only collected in late spring and summer.