Menemerus bivittatus ( Dufour 1831 )

Sherwood, Danniella & Sharp, Adam, 2023, A Caribbean in the South Atlantic: first records of Hentzia antillana Bryant 1940, with notes on other previously reported jumping spider species (Araneae: Salticidae), from Ascension Island, Peckhamia 310 (1), pp. 1-7 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10943084
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10943040
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scientific name	Menemerus bivittatus ( Dufour 1831 )
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Menemerus bivittatus ( Dufour 1831) View in CoL

Salticus bivittatus Dufour 1831: 369 , pl. 11, fig. 5 (♀).

For full synonymy list, see WSC 2023.

Material examined. 1 ♀ ( ASC J15 1 PFM) Ascension Island, -7.927534, -14.343771, 137 m, 24/01/2022, coll GoogleMaps . A GoogleMaps . Sharp; 1 ♀ ( ASC J15 1 PFF) Ascension Island, -7.927534, -14.343771, 137 m, 24/01/2022, coll GoogleMaps . A GoogleMaps . Sharp; 1 ♀ ( ASC 00836 ) Ascension Island, -7.912300761, -14.40160336, 25/10/12, coll GoogleMaps . L GoogleMaps . F. White; 1 imm . GoogleMaps ( ASC J15 3 HPM) Ascension Island, -7.922999, - 14.404769, 12 m, 18/03/2022, coll . A GoogleMaps . Sharp; 1 J ( BMNH), Ascension Island, 12–31/09/1957, coll . E . A. Duffey, ‘tube 19’; 2 imm . ( BMNH), Ascension Island, 12–31/09/1957, coll . E . A. Duffey, ‘tube 39’; 1 imm . ( BMNH), Ascension Island, 12– 31/09/1957, coll . E . A. Duffey, ‘tube Bou 44’.

Distribution. Described by Dufour (1831) from the Iberian Peninsula (as Hispania), probably indigenous to Northern Africa. Introduced worldwide in the Americas, Europe and parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceana ( World Spider Catalog, 2023).

Remarks. A reasonably common species, although not as frequently collected as H. adansoni and P. paykulli and restricted to areas of human habitation. Duffey (1964: 244) already noticed this and stated that this species: "... was only taken on or inside buildings. ...."