Chumma bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018

Marusik, Yuri M. & Haddad, Charles R., 2024, A new species and new records of Chumma (Araneae, Macrobunidae) from South Africa, African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 329-338 : 329-338

Chumma bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018

Chumma bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018: 4, figs 1 A – E, 2 A (♀).

Chumma bicolor : Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2022: 10, 2 figs (♀).

Material examined.

South Africa; Western Cape Province • 2 imm. 2 ♀; Hoekwil, Bergplaas Rd hiking trail ; 33°54.706'S, 22°40.689'E; 475 m a. s. l.; 10 Oct. 2022; C. Haddad et al. leg.; sifting litter, fynbos; NMBA 19424 • 2 subadult ♂ 1 ♀; Plettenberg Bay, Bobbejaanskloof Private Nature Reserve ; 33°57.805'S, 23°21.232'E; 175 m a. s. l.; 10 Oct. 2022; C. Haddad et al. leg.; sifting litter, Afromontane forest; NMBA 19487 • 1 subadult ♀; Riversdale, Garcia Nature Reserve, Sleeping Beauty trail ; 33°57.357'S, 21°13.255'E; 530 m a. s. l.; 8 Oct. 2023; C. Haddad et al. leg.; sifting litter, fynbos; NMBA 19276 .

Distribution.

Previously known from the type locality (Goukamma in the Western Cape) only. Reported from three additional localities here (Fig. 4 ). This species is sympatric with C. gastroperforata Jocqué, 2001 at Bobbejaanskloof Private Nature Reserve.

Figures

Figure 4. Distribution records of Chumma bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 (circles), C. foliata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 (stars), C. foordi sp. n. (hexagon), C. gastroperforata Jocqué, 2001 (triangles) and an undetermined Chumma sp. (inverted triangle). Black icons are published records and white icons are new records presented here. Published records are sourced from Jocqué (2001), Jocqué and Alderweireldt (2018) and Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2022), with historical misidentifications corrected.