Hyllus dotatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903)

Habrocestum dotatum Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 239, pl. 27 fig. 6.

Hyllus ventrilineatus Strand, 1906: 665 .

Thyene damarensis Lawrence, 1927: 63, pl. 2 fig. 50.

Evarcha cara Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 22, figs 50–51.

Hyllus corniger Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 43, figs 93–96.

Hyllus dotatum – Clark 1974: 17.

Evarcha dotata – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 23, figs 29–36.

Hyllus dotatus – Logunov 2004: 87, figs 1–2. — Azarkina & Foord 2013: 174, figs 43–47.

For full reference list see World Spider Catalog (2022).

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♂; Lamto; Aug. 1974; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 31 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 16 Sep. 1975; “savane, hautes des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Aug. 1975; “savane, haute des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 18 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Dec. 1975; “savane non-brulée, base des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Mar. 1975; “savane du rocher, hautes des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 26 Nov. 1975; “savane à Loudetia, virage glissant, au sol”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 1975; “lisière savane inclus dans forêt du plateau, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21 Jan. 1971; “savane a Hyparrhenia, fauchage”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Sep. 1975; “forêt galerie à l’Est de virage glissant, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding, 1 km E of Lamto; 12 Aug. 1974; “savane du rocher”; MNHN • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding, Grand Nord; 22 Aug. 1975; “hautes des herbes”; MNHN • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Lamto, to Segou; 24 Dec. 1975; “tête de roniers”; MNHN • 1 ♀; Cavally Forest; 24 Nov. 1975; “herbes sur la route”; MNHN .

Description

See Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2000) sub Evarcha dotata .

Biology

Hyllus dotatus was entirely confined to savannah habitats at Lamto. It is a grassland spider throughout its range in Africa.

Distribution

Widespread throughout the Afrotropical Region.