Hasarius adansoni ( Audouin, 1826 )

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2013, New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae), African Invertebrates 54 (1), pp. 177-177 : 200-202

Hasarius adansoni ( Audouin, 1826)

Attus adansonii: Audouin 1826: 169 , pl. 7, fig. 8.

Attus tardigradus: Audouin 1826: 171 , pl. 7, fig. 13.

Attus nigro­fuscus: Vinson 1863: 59 , 302, pl. 10, fig. 8.

Plexippa nigrofusca: Simon 1864: 326 .

Eris niveipalpis: Gerstäcker 1873: 477 .

Salticus scabellatus: Butler 1876: 441 ; 1879: 507, pl. 52, fig. 9.

Hasarius adansoni: Clark & Benoit 1977: 102 , figs 45a–c; Wanless 1984 a: 49, figs 16a–d; Prószyński 1987: 14 (misidentified, actually ♀ of Nigorella plebeja (L. Koch, 1875)) ; Ledoux 2007: 24, figs 20A–B, 21; Saaristo 2010: 182, figs 27, 43–46.

Hasarius albocircumdatus: Saaristo 1978: 111 , figs 106–108.

Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold (2010) described both sexes.

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1♀ Dwesa Nature Reserve , 32°16'S 28°52'E, pitfall trap, 1.x.2004, M. Mgobozi (NCA, 2010/1250) ; 1♂ East London, Pineapple Research Station , 33°01'S 27°54'E, pitfall trap, 2.xii.1977, G. Petty (NCA, 96/391) ; 1♂ 1♀ same data (NCA, 96/394) ; 2♀ Kei Mouth , 32°41.280'S 28°22.484'E, coastal forest, litter, 26.xii.2003, C. Haddad ( NMBA) ; 1♂ 1♀ King William’s Town , 32°52'S 27°23'E, in building 1.iii.1973, P. Swanepoel (NCA, 76/1719) ; 1♂ 1♀ Mazeppa Bay , 32°28.476'S 28°38.873'E, coastal dune forest, beats, 28.x.2006, R. Lyle & C. Haddad (NCA, 2007/426). Free State : 1♂ Bloemfontein, National Museum , 29°08'S 26°10'E, 30.i.1995, in museum, L. Lotz ( NMBA) ; 1♀ same data but 24.ii.1997 ( NMBA) ; 1♂ same data but 23.iv.1998 ( NMBA) ; 1♂ same data but 1.xii.1999 ( NMBA) ; 1♂ same data but 6.ii.2002 ( NMBA). Gauteng : 1♂ Pretoria [Tshwane], 25°44'S 28°11'E, 1.xii.1987, M. Johnson (NCA, 87/396) ; 1♀ same locality, 25°44'S 28°11'E, sweepnet, 2.iv.1987, M. Kruger (NCA, 88/326) ; 1♂ same locality, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History , 25°44'S 28°11'E, in building, 1.vi.1973, N.J. Dippenaar (NCA, 76/685) ; 1♂ same locality, Hatfield, University of Pretoria , 25°44'S 28°14'E, in building, 22.iv.1987, C. du Plessis (NCA, 88/308) ; 1♀ same locality, Pretoria North , 25°44'S 28°11'E, by hand, 11.ii.1987, H. Joubert (NCA, 88/515) ; 1♂ same locality, Pretoria West, 25°49'S 28°18'E, grass, 29.iv.1987, M. Stebbe (NCA, 88/365) ; 1♂ same locality, Queenswood , 25°43'S 28°15'E, in building, 11.xi.1975, L. Harley (NCA, 76/1570). KwaZulu­Natal : 1♀ Empangeni, University of Zululand , 28°45'S 31°45'E, 75m, 5.iv.1984, P.E. Reavell ( NMSA, 26495) ; 1♂ iSimangaliso Wetlands Park, Kosi Bay Nature Reserve , 26°55'S 32°52'E, in house, 4.iv.1981, A. Tuffin (NCA, 86/101) ; 1♀ Tembe Elephant Park, near Mahlasela Hide , 27°02.777'S 32°26.900'E, closed woodland/sand, beating, 6.i.2002, C. Haddad, (NCA, 2007/3255). Limpopo : 1♀ Kruger National Park, Letaba , 23°49'S 31°34'E, by hand, 15.viii.2008, K. Geldenhuys (NCA, 2010/2335) ; 1♀ same data (NCA, 2010/2336). North West : 1♀ Rustenburg , 25°39'S 27°13'E, by hand, 4.iv.1987, H. Uys (NCA, 88/369). Northern Cape : 1♂ Augrabies National Park , 28°39'S 20°25'E, by hand, 4.vi.1996, M. de Jager (NCA, 96/425) .

Distribution: A widespread cosmopolitan species, recorded from South Africa for the first time, where it has been collected from most of the provinces ( Fig. 71).

Habitat and biology: A very adaptable synanthropic species collected from foliage and leaf-litter in natural habitats, but also regularly collected in South Africa from buildings.

Remarks: Because of its cosmopolitan distribution, this is one of the salticids with the most extensive literature bibliographies, and it has been described under at least 25 synonymous names ( Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold 2010) and treated in 38 publications ( Platnick 2012). Only literature pertinent to the Afrotropical Region has been cited here; for a full bibliography see Platnick (2012).