Natta chionogaster (Simon, 1901)

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2014, An overview of the jumping spiders of Lesotho (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species, African Invertebrates 55 (2), pp. 229-229 : 255

Natta chionogaster (Simon, 1901)

Cyllobelus chionogaster Simon, 1901 b: 151 ; Peckham & Peckham 1903: 195, pl. 21, fig. 1; Simon 1909:419.

Cyllobelus australis Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 194 , pl. 21, fig. 2.

Natta chionogastra : PrÓszyŃski 1985: 80, figs 39–41, 45, 47; Wesołowska 1993: 18, figs 1–16; Haddad & Wesołowska 2011: 89, figs 74, 75.

Wesołowska (1993) described both sexes.

Material examined: Butha-Buthe district: 1♀ Butha-Buthe , 28°46'S 28°14'E, 1780 m, under rocks, sandstone ridge, 14.xii.2012, leg. J. van Niekerk ( NCA 2013 / 2355 ), 3♂ ( NCA 2013 / 2372 ). Qacha’s Nek district: 1♂ 1 imm. Near Maghoareng village , 30°03'S 28°53'E, 2200 m, under rocks on mountainside, 6.xi.2003 ( NCA 2013 / 3092 ); 1♀ Sehlabathebe National Park , 29°53'S 29°07'E, 2940 m, under rocks, mountainside, 15.i.2013, leg. J. van Niekerk ( NCA 2013 / 2381 ) .

Distribution: A species known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and South Africa. Recorded here from three localities in eastern Lesotho ( Fig. 93 ).

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Fig. 93. Distribution of Salticidae from Lesotho.