Thyenula fidelis 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 : 229

publication ID	2305-2562
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917861
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE43BB01-FFFC-FF80-FED4-FD2E4D0DDABA
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Thyenula fidelis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009
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Thyenula fidelis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 View in CoL

Thyenula fidelis: Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 90 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 196–199.

Wesołowska & Haddad (2009) described both sexes.

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1♀ Kei Mouth , 32°41'S 28°22'E, coastal dune forest, 6.xii.2005, C. Haddad ( NMBA). KwaZuluNatal GoogleMaps : 1♂ Gilboa Plantation, Karkloof Midlands , 29°18'S 30°04'E, pitfall traps, grassland, 26.iii.2009, J. Pryke (NCA, 2010/5775) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ Midlands, Boston, Good Hope Plantation , 29°39'S 29°58'E, sweepnetting, indigenous forest, 23.ii.2009, J. Pryke (NCA, 2010/5660) GoogleMaps ; 1♀ Ophathe Game Reserve , 28°25.344'S 31°23.957'E, 897 m, montane grassland, sifting leaf-litter, 4.x.2008, C. Haddad (NCA, 2008/3914) GoogleMaps ; 2♂ 2♀ Pietermaritzburg , 29°37'S 30°23'E, in humid forest, town bush, 18.iv.1976, A. Russell-Smith ( BMNH) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 2♀ same locality, 15.ix.1976, ground layer, A. Russell-Smith ( BMNH) GoogleMaps ; 7♂ Vryheid, Ngome State Forest , 27°46'S 31°27'E, pitfall traps, ecotone pine, 1.xii.1992, M. van der Merwe (NCA, 97/563) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ same data (NCA, 97/562). Limpopo GoogleMaps : 1♀ Bela-Bela / Warmbaths, Klein Kariba Holiday Resort , 24°17'S 28°06'E, sweep-netting grass, 22.xi.1996, J. Leeming (NCA, 97/583) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Species known only from the type locality (Ndumo Game Reserve), recorded from several additional localities in KwaZulu-Natal, and also from the Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces for the first time ( Fig. 155).

Habitat and biology: A ground-dwelling species known from subtropical forest and savanna habitats.