Phintella aequipes ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903 )

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 : 74-75

Phintella aequipes ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903)

Fig. 45G–H

Telamonia aequipes Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 188 , pl. 19 fig. 3.

Phintella aequipes – Wesołowska & Cumming 2008: 203, figs 113–121.

For full reference list see World Spider Catalog (2022).

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♂, 7 ♀♀; Lamto ; 11 Sep. 1975; “savane brulée, aux environs de la station, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Aug. 1975; “savane non-brulée, sur branches”; MNHN • 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 26 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 26 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Sep. 1975; “savane, hautes des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 12 Aug. 1975; “savane gruyère, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Aug. 1975; “savane, secouge des branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding, to Segou ; 23–24 Dec. 1975; “tête de roniers”; MNHN • 1 ♀; 10 km S of Odienné ; 6°08′ N, 5°04′ W; 18 Aug. 1975; “forêt degradée, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; 4 km N of Toumodi ; 14 Oct. 1975; “savane, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂; Kotiessou ; 6°08′ N, 5°04′ W; 19 Aug. 1975; “forêt degradée, branches”; MNHN .

Description

See Wesołowska & Cumming (2008). Palpal organ shown in Fig. 45G–H .

Biology

Phintella aequipes was almost entirely confined to savannah habitats at Lamto with only 2 out of 29 specimens collected in degraded forest.

Distribution

Recorded from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania , Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Figures

Fig. 45. A–F. Phintella minor (Lessert, 1925) stat. nov., ♂ (MNHN). G–H. Phintella aequipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1903), ♂ (MNHN). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Frontal view. C, E, G. Palpal organ, ventral view. D, F. Palpal organ, lateral view. H. Tibial apophysis, lateral view.