Pseudicius elegans Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2013, New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae), African Invertebrates 54 (1), pp. 177-177 : 216-217

publication ID	2305-2562
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917839
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scientific name	Pseudicius elegans Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008
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Figs 125, 126 Pseudicius elegans: Wesołowska & Cumming 2008: 208 , figs 135–143.

Wesołowska & Cumming (2008) described the female; structure of epigyne as in Figs 125, 126.

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Free State: 1♀ Brandfort district, Amanzi Private Game Reserve , 28°35.631'S 26°26.380'E, grassland, canopy fogging Acacia karroo , 23.xii.2010, V. Butler (NCA, 2012/1821).

Distribution: Previously known only from the type locality in Zimbabwe, recorded for the first time in South Africa ( Fig. 139).

Habitat and biology: The specimen was collected by fogging in Acacia woodland in the Grassland Biome.

References

WESOLOWSKA, W. & CUMMING, M. S. 2008. Taxonomy and natural history of a species rich assemblage of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae): a long-term study of a suburban site in Zimbabwe. Annales zoologici 58: 167 - 230.