Malloneta guineensis Simon, 1902

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 55

Malloneta guineensis Simon, 1902

Malloneta guineensis Simon, 1902b: 405 .

Viciria jeanneli Berland & Millot, 1941: 382 , figs 79–80.

Viciria mondoni Berland & Millot, 1941: 384 , fig. 76c–d. Syn. nov.

Malloneta guineensis – Simon 1903a: 737, figs 878–879. — Berland & Millot 1941: 382, figs 79–80. — Wesołowska & Edwards 2012: 750, figs 60–62, 125.

Brancus mondoni – Wesołowska & Edwards 2012: 740, figs 28–31, 119.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♂; Kotiessou ; 6°08′40″ N, 5°04′10″ W; 19 Aug. 1975; “forêt degradée”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Cavally Forest ; 14 Nov. 1975; “sur les hautes branches, arbres abattus”; MNHN • 1 ♀; Lamto ; 25 Aug. 1975; “marigot salé, branches en sous-bois”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding, Grand Nord ; 22 Aug. 1974; “lisière, forêt du plateau”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding, Bandama Forest ; 25 Nov. 1975; “sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Sep. 1975; “sur branches basses”; MNHN .

Description

See Wesołowska & Edwards (2012) (female sub Brancus mondoni , male sub Malloneta guineensis ).

Synonymisation

Both species were originally described from a single sex only, viz. Malloneta guineensis (♂) and Viciria mondoni (♀). Finding both sexes together in the same sample and their morphological similarity (compare Metzner 2021) allows us to synonymise the two specific names.

Remarks

Maloneta does not belong in the Thiratoscirtina Bodner & Maddison, 2012 as it lacks a spine on the female palp.

Distribution

Sierre Leone, Gabon, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.