Menemerus minshullae Wesolowska, 1999

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 : 55

Menemerus minshullae Wesolowska, 1999

Menemerus minshullae: Wesolowska 1999 b: 309 , figs 192–196; 2007: 520, figs 8–12.

Menemerus manicus: Wesolowska 1999 b: 306 , figs 182–187.

See Wesolowska (1999 b) for description of both sexes.

Material examined: 1ơ 1^Between Crocodile Farm and Main Camp, 26 ° 54.431'S: 32 ° 19.045'E, broadleaf woodland, under rocks, 25.vi.2007, C. Haddad & F. Jordaan ( NCA 2006 /1268); 1^Between Main Camp and Vulture Restaurant, 26 ° 54.276'S: 32 ° 18.664'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short shrubs, 2.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21857 ) ; 1ơ Crocodile Farm, Pongola R. floodplain, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, A. xanthophloea bark, 6.vii.2004 ( NMSA 21858 ) ; 2^1 imm Southern shore of Hotwe Pan, 26 ° 52.730'S: 32 ° 18.452'E, A. xanthophloea bark, 7.ii.2005 ( NCA 2008 /639); 2ơ 1 imm. Western shore of Nyamiti Pan, 26 ° 53.767'S: 32 ° 16.557'E, A. xanthophloea bark, 10.vii.2004 ( NCA 2008 /595); 2ơ 4^1 imm. same data but 6.ii.2005 ( NCA 2008 /599); 1ơ 1^7 imm. same data but 19.vi.2005 ( NCA 2008 /605) .

Distribution: Species known from Malawi and Zimbabwe; recorded for the first time from South Africa.

Habitat and biology: This species was collected on several occasions from under A. xanthophloea bark in AX and FP. The flattened body makes it easy for this species to hide beneath loose bark. One specimen was collected by beating dried-out shrubs and Acacia thorn trees in BW.