Hispo georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892 )

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 : 47

Hispo georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892)

Leptorchestes georgii: Peckham & Peckham 1892: 52 , pl. 2, fig. 6.

Quekettia georgii: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 255 .

Pseudomarengo inermis Caporiacco, 1947: 228 , pl. 2, fig. 63; Roewer 1965: 33, figs 27a–e. Pseudomarengo rufescens: Caporiacco 1947: 229 , pl. 2, fig. 64.

Hispo inermis: Wanless 1981: 186 , figs 5a–j; Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 186, figs 55–66.

See Wanless (1981) and Wesolowska & Cumming (2008) for descriptions of both sexes.

Material examined: 1ơ Southern boundary fence, 26 ° 55.578'S: 32 ° 19.081'E, deep sand forest, Commiophora harveyi bark, 13.vi.2005 ( NCA 2008 /2735) .

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

Habitat and biology: This rare species somewhat resembles Crematogaster ants and was only recorded from a single specimen collected under bark in sand forest, but was collected frequently from foliage in sand forest at the nearby Tembe Elephant Park.

Remarks: Wesolowska and Cumming (2008) synonymised L. georgii Peckham & Peckham, 1892 with H. inermis Wanless, 1981 , but erroneously used the younger specific name. Platnick (2009) gives the valid senior synonym: H. georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892) .