Pignus pongola Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2013, New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae), African Invertebrates 54 (1), pp. 177-177 : 213

publication ID

2305-2562

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917837

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE43BB01-FFEC-FF90-FED5-FF574F28DCB7

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scientific name

Pignus pongola Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009
status

 

Pignus pongola Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 View in CoL

Fig. 92

Pignus pongola: Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 73 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 147–151.

Wesołowska & Haddad (2009) described the male, general appearance as in Fig. 92 (female unknown).

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ iSimangaliso Wetlands Park, St Lucia , 28°23.072'S 32°24.400'E, 22 m, coastal forest, canopy fogging Trichilia emetica , 13.v.2012, J. Neethling & C. Luwes ( NMSA, 26453); 1♂ Tembe Elephant Park, 27°03'S 32°25'E, iii.2003, A. Honiball & S. Otto (NCA, 2006/1287). Western Cape: 1♂ De Hoop Nature Reserve , Potberg, 34°22.719'S 20°32.216'E, sifting leaf-litter, transition between Eucalyptus plantation and fynbos, 24.iii.2005, C. Haddad ( NMBA) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Species previously known only from the type locality (Ndumo Game Reserve); two additional records from northern KwaZulu-Natal are added here, as well as the first records from the Western Cape Province ( Fig. 114).

Habitat and biology: Known only from forest habitats and fynbos.

NMSA

KwaZulu-Natal Museum

NMBA

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Pignus

Loc

Pignus pongola Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R. 2013
2013
Loc

Pignus pongola: Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 73

WESOLOWSKA, W. & HADDAD, C. R. 2009: 73
2009
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