Hasarius adansoni
Creators: name: Wesołowska, Wanda
name: Haddad, Charles R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Hasarius
Hasarius adansoni

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