Evarcha annae (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009

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 : 28-29

Evarcha annae (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) , comb. n.

Figs 29–31

Habrocestum annae: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 238 , pl. 27, fig. 4; Prószyński 1987: 39. Redescription:

Female.

Measurements: Carapace length 3.5, width 2.7, height 1.4. Abdomen length 4.2, width 2.9. Eye field length 1.6, anterior width 2.4, posterior width 2.5.

Carapace brownish orange, eye field dark brown, eyes with black rings; anterior part of eye field sparsely covered with white hairs, some surrounding anterior eyes; on thoracic area light hairs longer, but not numerous. Chelicerae unidentate; labium and endites orange, sternum lighter.Abdomen oval, yellowish, with series of chevrons formed by small grey spots ( Fig. 29); sides and venter pale; sparse brown bristles on dorsum, longer at anterior edge of abdomen; spinnerets pale. Legs dark yellow, bearing brown hairs and spines. Epigyne small, rounded, with two shallow depressions ( Fig. 30); internal structure as in Fig. 31; seminal ducts short, receptacles spherical.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined: 1^26 ° 51.908'S: 32 ° 14.458'E, subtropical bush, Mahemane thicket, leaf litter, 15.vi.2005 ( NCA 2008 /2028) .

Distribution: Previously known only from the type locality, Durban in South Africa.

Habitat and biology: Known only from a single female collected from leaf litter in ST.

Remarks: The body proportions and the presence of a wide epigynal pocket suggest that this species should be placed in the genus Evarcha , but establishment of closer relationships with other congeners will be possible only after finding the male of this species.