Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 72-74

Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000

Fig. 42

Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000: 160 , figs 47–51.

Parajotus refulgens – Wesołowska 2011: 333, figs 65–68, 92–93. — Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2011: 589.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 7 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀; Lamto , Bandama Forest ; 3–4 Dec. 1975; “sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Oct. 1975; “petite savane incluse dans le forêt Bandama”; MNHN • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Sep. 1975; “sur branches hautes”; MNHN • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Oct. 1975; “sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 1 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Nov. 1975; MNHN • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 21 Aug. 1975; “forêt galerie, sous-bois, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; “lisière, sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 8 Dec. 1975; “virage glissant, sur branches”; MNHN • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 9 Aug. 1974; “sur branches”; MNHN • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 18 Sep. 1975; “bosquet de savane, sur branches”; MNHN • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Dec. 1975; “forêt de marigot salé, sur branches”; MNHN • 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Aug. 1975; “sur branches en sous-bois”; MNHN • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; “sur branches au soleil”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 23–24 Dec. 1975; “savane vers Zougoussi, tête de roniers”; MNHN • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 1975; “savane non-brulée, aux environs de la station, branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Oct. 1975; “base des herbes”; MNHN • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Aug. 1975; “buissons et lisière”; MNHN .

Description

See Wesołowska (1999). Frontal view of male as in Fig. 42A . General appearance of female as in Fig. 42B , epigyne as in Fig. 42C–E .

Remarks

This species was known from southernAfrica.Recently, the male was also found in Nigeria ( Wesołowska& Russell-Smith 2011). Females from Ivory Coast differ slightly in the course of the seminal ducts which are more bent than in those from Zimbabwe (compare Fig. 42C–E with Wesołowska 2000: figs 50–51)

but the male palp is identical in both populations. Further studies will elucidate the possible specific differences in South and West African specimens.

Biology

This was one of the most abundant salticid species from Lamto. It was found most frequently on bushes and trees in forest (80% of specimens) and only occasionally in savannah habitats (20%).

Distribution

Previously known from Nigeria, Congo, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Figures

Fig. 42. Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000, ♂♀ (MNHN). A. Frontal view of male. B. Habitus of female, dorsal view. C–D. Epigyne. E. Internal structure of epigyne.