Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886

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 : 41

publication ID	2305-2562
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7911167
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F1803A-FFBF-FFC5-75B4-0A7CCCF637FB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886
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Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886 View in CoL

Harmochirus luculentus: Simon 1886: 387 View in CoL ; Prószyński 1987: 59, 108; Wesolowska 1994: 205, figs 21–24; Logunov 2001: 254, figs 206–246; Wesolowska & van Harten 2007: 214, figs 68–75.

Harmochirus albibarbis: Peckham & Peckham 1895: 171 View in CoL , pl. 16, fig. 3; Wesolowska 1994: 198, figs 1–3. Valloa elegans: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 218 , pl. 24, fig. 10.

Harmochirus elegans: Wesolowska 1994: 203 View in CoL , figs 14, 15.

See Logunov (2001) for description of both sexes.

Material examined: 1ơ Crocodile Farm, Pongola R. floodplain, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, under tree bark, 12.i.2007 ( NCA 2007 /3075); 1^Near NRC GoogleMaps picnic site, 26 ° 52.742'S: 32 ° 11.088'E, A. tortilis savannah, sweeps, grass, 29.xi.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2039) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Species widespread in the Afrotropical Region.

Habitat and biology: This rare species was collected from tall grasses in AS. One male was collected from under tree bark along the Pongola River floodplain .