Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886

Logunov, Dmitri, 2009, Further notes on the Harmochireae of Africa (Araneae, Salticidae, Pelleninae), ZooKeys 16 (16), pp. 265-290 : 275-276

Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886

Identification. Logunov (2001: figs 206-246); Wesołowska and van Harten (2007: figs 68-75, pl. 11-12).

Material. IVORY COAST: 2♁ 1♀ ( BMNH), Bouaké , West African Rice Development Association , upland rice field (pitfall traps), 6.09.1994, ARS. – NIGE- RIA: 1♁ 3♀ ( BMNH), Ibadan, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, forest stream, swept grassland, 6.07- 17.08.1974, ARS . – BOTSWANA: 1♁ 1♀ ( BMNH), nr. Maun , Maphaneng Pan, tall grass in riverine woodland, 5.12.1976, ARS ; 1♁ ( BMNH), same locality, grazed Setaria grassland, 22.08.1978, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), nr. Maun , Island Safari Lodge, riverine woodland, 21.09.1975, ARS ; 1♁ ( BMNH), Maun, R. Thamalakane , grassland, 1.02.1977, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), same locality and habitat, 3.03.1976, ARS ; 4♀ ( BMNH), same locality, grazed Setaria grassland, 24.07.1977, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), same locality, on fig tree, riverine woodland, 03.1976, ARS ; 1♁ ( BMNH), nr. Maun , Maphaneng Pan, in short grassland (hand collecting), 24.02.1976, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), same locality, grass tufts in riverine woodland, 26.03.1976, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), nr. Maun , Okavango, Mankunyane lagoon, grassland (sweeping), 8.01.1977, ARS ; 2♁ ( BMNH), Okavango , Shaile Camp, in riverine woodland, 28.03.1976, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), Okavango , Moremi G.R., Mboma lagoon, in Hyparrhenia grassland, 13.08.1977, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), same lo- cality, swept floodplain grassland, 14.01.1976, ARS ; 1♁ 3♀ ( BMNH), Okavango , R. Shashe, in floodplain grassland (hand collecting), 31.08.1975, ARS ; 1♁ 1♀ ( BMNH), Maun , Okavango, in garden (house 36), 5.06.1976, ARS ; 1♀ ( BMNH), Okavango , Moremi Reserve , swept tall grassland by lagoon, 19.05.1976, ARS. – SOUTH AF- RICA: 2♀ ( BMNH), Cape Peninsula, Buffels Bay, in sand dunes (hand collecting), 12.08.1978, ARS .

Comments. This is a common African species, distributed from South Africa ( Logunov 2001, present data) to the Arabian Peninsula ( Wesołowska and van Harten 2007).