Evarcha mustela (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 : 33

Evarcha mustela (Simon, 1902)

Viciria mustela: Simon 1902 a: 48 ; 1903 a: 743, figs 885, 886; Lessert 1936: 297, figs 94, 95.

Viciria morigera: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 232 , pl. 26, fig. 6.

Viciria parmata: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 234 , pl. 26, fig. 5.

Evarcha mustela: Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 176 , figs 24–32.

See Wesolowska & Cumming (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, 10.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21841 ) ; 1^Crocodile Farm, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short bushes, 10.xii.2000 ( NMBA 11603 ) ; 2ơ same locality, beats, short shrubs, 8.xii.2002 ( NCA 2009 /679) ; 2ơ 1^26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland beats, foliage, 8.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2034) .

Distribution: Known from western and southern Africa.

Habitat and biology: The species was occasionally collected by beating foliage of shrubs in BW and ST. This species was only collected in summer.