Messapus martini Simon, 1898

Messapus martini Simon, 1898: 214; Bosselaers & Jocqué 2000: 307, figs 1A–H; Haddad 2013: 17, figs 1, 2, 27, 28, 34–38; Haddad & Mbo 2015: 387, figs 11–22.

Material examined. ESWATINI: 45 km SE of Manzini [ca. 26°48’S, 31°43’E], 13.VI.1972, leg. E.S. Ross (quartz rocks), 1♀ (CAS, CASENT 9033203) .

Description. See Haddad (2013) for a description of both sexes.

Sequence data. Two female specimens from Ndumo Game Reserve in South Africa have been sequenced successfully for cytochrome oxidase subunit I, COI (NCA 2021 /247, SPIZA656-21; NMBA 18808, SPIZA1598- 23). A male from Ndumo and female from Ithala Game Reserve in South Africa were successfully sequenced for Ultraconserved Elements (UCE; Kelly et al. in press).

Distribution. Previously recorded from South Africa and Zambia. Recorded from Eswatini for the first time here (Fig. 1).