Thyene natalii Peckham & Peckham, 1903

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 : 85-86

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scientific name	Thyene natalii Peckham & Peckham, 1903
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Thyene natalii Peckham & Peckham, 1903 View in CoL

Figs 230, 231

Thyene natali: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 227 , pl. 25, fig. 4; Lessert 1936: 294, figs 92, 93; Wesolowska &

Cumming 2008: 216, figs 171–177.

Thyene strandi Caporiacco, 1939: 376 View in CoL , fig. 25; Prószyński 1987: 109, 113. Syn. n.

See Wesolowska & Cumming (2008) for description of both sexes. General appearance of both sexes in Figs 230, 231.

Material examined: 1ơ Crocodile Farm, Pongola R. floodplain, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, A. xanthophloea bark, 24.i.2006 ( NCA 2008 /631); 1^Eastern shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.516'S: 32 ° 12.407'E, beats, short shrubs, 21.vi.2006 ( NCA 2006 /1255); 4ơ 1^Near pump, Pongola R GoogleMaps . floodplain, 26 ° 54.323'S: 32 ° 19.435'E, riverine forest, beats, short shrubs, 27.vi.2006 ( NCA 2006 /1215); 1ơ same data ( NCA 2006 /1213); 1ơ 26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland, beats, foliage, 6.xii.2000 ( NMSA GoogleMaps

21882); 1^Western shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.013'S: 32 ° 12.982'E, F.sycomorus forest, beats, short shrubs, 4.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21883 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Known from Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Habitat and biology: This species was collected from the foliage of short shrubs and trees in various savannah ( BW and ST) and wetland ( AX, FF and RF) habitats.

Remarks: The female collected in Negele (South Ethiopia) determined as Th. strandi by Caporiacco (probably the type) is kept in the Museum of Zoology at the University of Florence. The specimen was studied by Prószyński (1987). His figures show the characteristic pattern of the abdomen and structure of the epigyne. This species is the only one in the genus that has a short abdomen and abdominal pattern composed of transverse bands. Comparison of Prószyński’s figures with those in Wesolowska & Cumming (2008) shows that the name Th. strandi is a junior synonym of Th. natali .