Thyene inflata ( Gerstaecker, 1873 )

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

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scientific name	Thyene inflata ( Gerstaecker, 1873 )
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Thyene inflata ( Gerstaecker, 1873) View in CoL

Figs 228, 229

Phidippus inflatus: Gerstaecker 1873: 476 .

Thyene inflata: Simon 1886: 348 View in CoL ; Strand 1908: 197; Lessert 1925 a: 480, figs 66, 67, 69, 71; Berland &

Millot 1941: 374, figs 72c, 74; Próchniewicz 1989: 222, figs 45–47; Wesolowska & RussellSmith 2000: 105, figs 293–299; Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz 2008: 188, figs 118–120.

Thyene squamulata: Simon 1886: 347 .

See Wesolowska & Russell-Smith (2000) for description of both sexes. General appearance of both sexes in Figs 228, 229.

Material examined: 2^Main Camp, 26 ° 54.581'S: 32 ° 18.798'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short bushes, 6.vii.2000 ( NMBA 11599 View Materials ); 1ơ 1^Red Cliffs, Usutu R GoogleMaps ., 26 ° 51.164'S: 32 ° 12.365'E, semiaquatic vegetation, 4.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2758) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: A widespread Afrotropical species.

Habitat and biology: Specimens were collected from the foliage of shrubs in savannah and riverine habitats. On rare occasions specimens were found in silk retreats constructed in grass inflorescences in BW.