Bianor albobimaculatus (Lucas, 1846)

Logunov, Dmitri, 2009, Further notes on the Harmochireae of Africa (Araneae, Salticidae, Pelleninae), ZooKeys 16 (16), pp. 265-290 : 271

Bianor albobimaculatus (Lucas, 1846)

Identification. Logunov (2001: figs 4-8, 13-27, 36-46).

Material examined. IVORY COAST: 1♁ ( BMNH), nr. Gagnoa , Zoukroboua, in rice swamp (hand collecting), 20.08.1992, ARS . – NIGERIA: 1♁ 4♀ ( BMNH), Ibadan , International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, forest stream, swept grassland, 6.07.- 17.08.1974, ARS ; 2♁ ( BMNH), same locality, swept tall grasses by lake, 21.09.1974, ARS .

Comments. B. albobimaculatus is the most common and widespread species of the genus Bianor , reported from South Africa, northward throughout the entire continent to the Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East, and then northeastward to Central Asia ( Logunov 2001). However, in the light of new records of B. kovaczi from Botswana (see below), whose females are practically identical to those of B. albobimaculatus , some of the records of the latter species from South Africa should be revised.