Natta horizontalis Karsch, 1879

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2014, An overview of the jumping spiders of Lesotho (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species, African Invertebrates 55 (2), pp. 229-229 : 255

Natta horizontalis Karsch, 1879

Natta horizontalis Karsch, 1879: 362 ; PrÓszyŃski 1985: 78; figs 32–37; PrÓchniewicz 1989: 218, figs 33–38; Wesołowska 1993: 25, figs 17–41; Wesołowska & Cumming 2008: 201, figs 107–109; Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 65 ; Haddad & Wesołowska 2011: 89 , figs 102, 103.

Cyllobelus rufopictus Simon, 1909: 420 ; Berland & Millot 1941: 320, fig. 22; Lawrence 1942: 187, fig.32. Cylobellus tristellatus Simon, 1906: 1171; Lessert 1936: 289, fig. 84.

Natta tristellata PrÓszyŃski, 1985: 83, figs 42–44.

Natta rufopicta PrÓszyŃski, 1985: 83, figs 46, 47.

Wesołowska (1993) described both sexes.

Material examined: Butha-Buthe district: 1♀ Valley near Butha-Buthe, 28°48'S 28°17'E, 1950 m, under rocks, grassland, 14.iii.2013, leg. J. van Niekerk ( NCA 2013 /3112) . Maseru district: 1♂ Mohale Dam, Islands , 29°25'S 28°06'E, under rocks, 14.xii.2003 ( NCA 2013 /3093); 2♀ Same locality, 16.xii.2003 ( NCA 2013 /3094) . Quthing district: 1♂ Near Ha Liphapang village, 30°27'S 28°00'E, 1660 m, under rocks near Sebapela River , 15.xi.2003 ( NCA 2013 /3095) .

Distribution: A species common in the Afrotropical Region. Recorded from scattered localities throughout Lesotho ( Fig. 93 ).

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Fig. 93. Distribution of Salticidae from Lesotho.