Evarcha elegans Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000

Wesolowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2009, Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa, African Invertebrates 50 (1), pp. 13-103 : 30

Evarcha elegans Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000

Figs 32, 33

Evarcha elegans: Wesolowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 26 , figs 37–44; Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz 2008:

14, figs 52, 53.

See Wesolowska & Russell-Smith (2000) for description of both sexes.

Redescription:

Female.

Measurements: Carapace length 2.5, width 1.9, height 1.0. Abdomen length 2.7, width 1.6. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.6, posterior width 1.7.

Carapace orange, ocular area slightly lighter, eyes with black rings; near eyes some light setae. Abdomen grey, posteriorly slightly darker, with yellowish median serrate band; sides whitish yellow, venter light with two lines formed by dark marks; spinnerets pale, their tips darker. Legs yellowish orange, spines light. Epigyne oval, with two broadly spaced openings ( Fig. 32); seminal ducts very poorly sclerotised, wide, forming loop ( Fig. 33).

Material examined: 1^26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland, beats, foliage, 8.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2031) .

Distribution: Previously known only from the type locality, Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania. Recorded from South Africa for the first time.

Habitat and biology: Collected from the foliage of shrubs in ST.