Thyene pulchra Peckham & Peckham, 1903

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 : 88-89

Thyene pulchra Peckham & Peckham, 1903

Figs 192–195, 234

Thyene pulchra: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 226 , pl. 25, fig. 3.

Redescription:

Female.

Measurements: Carapace length 3.2, width 2.8, height 1.2. Abdomen length 3.9, width 2.4. Eye field length 1.4, anterior width 1.8, posterior width 1.9.

General appearance in Fig. 234. Carapace rounded, reddish brown, eyes with black rings; anterior eyes encircled by row of white hairs; few white hairs on clypeus, three whitish transverse stripes separated by reddish ones on ‘cheeks’, below anterior lateral eyes; long brown bristles form ‘horns’ near posterior median eyes, short brown hairs densely cover ocular area; on thoracic part reddish and dark brown hairs create bands radiating from fovea to margins. Mouthparts and sternum dark brown. Abdomen brownish with four pairs of dark spots, two last pairs separated by white transverse bars edged with black ( Fig. 192); medially along abdomen a longitudinal yellowish streak, its posterior half with golden lustre; sides and venter of abdomen brownish; dorsum of abdomen clothed in brown hairs, on anterior half reddish ones, among them sparse longer bristles; spinnerets greyish. Legs dark yellow, femora I–III with several black transverse streaks on ventro-prolateral surfaces ( Fig. 193); tibia of first leg slightly swollen, with three retrolateral and four prolateral spines ventrally, metatarsus with two pairs of ventral spines. Epigyne very weakly sclerotised, with small shallow depression anteriorly ( Fig. 194); seminal ducts membranous, their terminal parts poorly visible; accessory glands long, with winding helical structure ( Fig. 195).

Male. Unknown.

Material examined: 1^Northern shore of Nyamiti Pan, 26 ° 53.192'S: 32 ° 18.272'E, beats, short shrubs, 7.vii.2002 ( NCA 2008 /2759) .

Distribution: Species known only from South Africa.

Habitat and biology: Only a single specimen was collected from short shrubs in semiaquatic vegetation in AX.