Hyllus dotatus ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903 )

Wiśniewski, Konrad & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data, European Journal of Taxonomy 952, pp. 1-171 : 49-50

Hyllus dotatus ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903)

Fig. 32

Habrocestum dotatum Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 239 , pl. 27 fig. 6.

Hyllus ventrilineatus Strand, 1906: 665 .

Hyllus corniger Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 43 , figs 93–96.

Thyene damarensis Lawrence, 1927: 63 , pl. 2 fig. 50.

Evarcha elegans Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 26 , figs 38–41, syn. nov. (removed from synonyms of Evarcha werneri ).

Hyllus dotatum – Clark 1974: 17.

Evarcha dotata – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 23, figs 29–36.

For full reference list see World Spider Catalog (2023).

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♂; Rubaga ; 0°18′ N, 32°33′ E; compound walls; Jun.–Jul. 1994; D. Penney leg.; NHM • 1 ♂; Katwe , Kampala; Jan. 1996; FSCA • 1 ♀; Mt Elgon, Budadiri ; shrubland; 4 Aug. 2015; K. Vanderhaegen leg.; MRAC 245 186 A .

Description

For description see Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2000). General appearance of male as in Fig. 32A , palpal organ in Fig. 32B .

Distribution

The species is common in Africa, its presence was also noted from the Near East. It is the first record from Uganda.

Synonymization

Logunov & Azarkina (2018) synonymized Evarcha elegans Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 with Evarcha werneri ( Simon, 1906) and designated the female as the lectotype of the latter species. Evarcha elegans was described from Tanzania based on wrongly matched sexes; the female in fact belongs to E. werneri . Since the holotype of E. elegans is male, so the name E. elegans is a synonym of H. dotatus . The male of E. werneri remains unknown.

Remarks

The male of this species is easily distinguished by the presence of a small cavity in its chelicera (see Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: fig. 30). The typical colouration is as in Fig. 32A , but – exceptionally – much brighter specimens are also found.

Figures

Fig. 32. Hyllus dotatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903), ♂ (NHM). A. General appearance. B. Palpal organ, ventral view.