Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986

Haddad, Charles Richard & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae), African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 127-159 : 127-159

Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986

Figs 3 C, F , 7 , 8

Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986: 226, figs 819–824.

Material examined.

South Africa • Northern Cape Province; 1 ♀; Namaqua National Park, Skilpad ; 30 ° 09.868 ' S, 17 ° 47.282 ' E; 730 m a. s. l.; 13 Jan 2021; C. Haddad et al. leg.; beating shrubs; NCA 2021 / 759 • 1 ♂ 3 ♀; Richtersveld National Park, Halfmens Pass ; 28 ° 07.789 ' S, 16 ° 57.667 ' E; 235 m a. s. l.; 8 Jan 2021, C. Haddad et al. leg.; open area; NCA 2021 / 305 • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; NCA 2021 / 293 • 5 ♂ 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 10 Jul 2021; NCA 2021 / 423 • 2 ♂; Richtersveld National Park , SE of Akkedis Pass; 28 ° 11.123 ' S, 17 ° 02.543 ' E; 535 m a. s. l.; 7 Jan 2021; C. Haddad et al. leg.; beating short shrubs; NCA 2021 / 283 • 1 ♂ same collection data as for preceding; 7 Jul 2021; NCA 2021 / 501 • 1 ♂ (together with 5 ♀ Heliocapensis mirabilis ); Richtersveld National Park, Site 3 near Akkedis Pass ; 28 ° 07.882 ' S, 16 ° 59.700 ' E; 330 m a. s. l.; 6 Jan 2021; C. Haddad et al. leg.; beating, karooid bushes; NCA 2021 / 47 .

Re-description.

Male: Cephalothorax length 1.5, width 1.3, height 0.8. Abdomen length 1.6, width 1.3. Eye field length 0.7, anterior and posterior width 1.0. General appearance of live male as in Fig. 3 C, F , of male in alcohol Fig. 7 A, B . Carapace brown, covered with dense reddish-orange scale-like hairs, white scales on lateral slopes and behind eye field, with long brown bristles near anterior eyes. Mouthparts and sternum brown. Abdomen also clothed in dense reddish scales, with three narrow white streaks; first along anterior edge, second at middle and last near abdominal end. Posterior part of abdomen dark brown, without hairs, spinnerets black. Venter of abdomen brown. First pair of legs black, others brown with darker femora. Palps brown, some white scales on cymbium. Palpal organ as in Figs 7 C, D , 8 A – C , femur with large apophysis. Tibia with two apophyses, one of them very thin (Figs 7 C , 8 A ).

Female: Cephalothorax length 1.5, width 1.3, height 0.6. Abdomen length 2.0, width 1.5. Eye field length 0.7, anterior and posterior width 1.0. General appearance as in Fig. 7 E . Colouration similar to male, body clothed in dense golden orange scale-like hairs. No white scales on dorsum, but present on ventral surface of abdomen. Legs yellow. Epigyne with deep large heart-shaped depression (Figs 7 F , 8 D ). Internal structure simple, as in Fig. 8 E .

Distribution.

A species previously only known from Angola ( Wesołowska 1986); recorded from South Africa for the first time.

Figures

Figure 3. Dorsal habitus (A – C) and anterior view (D – F) of living Heliocapensis maluti Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 male (A, D), H. mirabilis (Wesołowska, 1986) female (B, E) and Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986 male (C, F).

Figure 7. Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986, male (A – D) and female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsal view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, retrolateral view F epigyne, ventral view.

Figure 8. Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986, male (A – C) and female (D, E): A palpal organ, ventral view B same, lateral view C palpal femur D epigyne, ventral view E internal structure of epigyne.