Phintella aequipes (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 : 69-70

publication ID	2305-2562
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7911204
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F1803A-FF9B-FFE0-7576-0DDECE2E373B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Phintella aequipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1903)
status

Treatment

Phintella aequipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) View in CoL

Figs 134, 135

Telamonia aequipes: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 188 , pl. 19, fig. 3; Lessert 1925 a: 448, figs 26–30.

Heliophanus clarus: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 190 , pl. 21, fig. 6; Wesolowska 1986: 231, figs 873–875. Phintella aequipes: Prószyński 1984: 106 View in CoL ; Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 203, figs 113–121.

See Wesolowska & Cumming (2008) for description of both sexes. Pedipalps shown in Figs 134, 135.

Material examined: 1^Red Cliffs, Usutu R., 26 ° 51.164'S: 32 ° 12.365'E, semiaquatic vegetation, 4.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2748); 1ơ Subtropical bush, 26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, A. nigrescens woodland, beats, foliage, 8.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2749) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Widely distributed in southern Africa; reported also from Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Habitat and biology: This species was collected from foliage of reeds and short shrubs in RF and ST, respectively.

Remarks: Both specimens are bleached, and the male has a slightly shorter embolus than specimens from Zimbabwe (compare Fig. 134 with fig. 116 in Wesolowska & Cumming 2008).