Hyllus dotatus Peckham et Peckham 1903
Creators: name: Azarkina, Galina N.
name: Foord, Stefan H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Hyllus
Hyllus dotatus

description: Hyllus dotatus (Peckham et Peckham, 1903)
Figs 1, 43–47
Habrocestum dotatum Peckham et Peckham, 1903: 239, pl. 27, fig. 6 (Ƥ, not examined); Prószyński, 1987: 37 (Ƥ).
Hyllus ventrilineatus Strand, 1906: 665 (Ƥ); Strand, 1908: 63, pl. 2, fif. 12 (Ƥ); Lessert, 1915: 80, pl. 3, figs 64–65, 79–80 (Ƥ); Berland & Millot, 1941: 340, figs 44–45 (Ƥ).
Hyllus dotatum: Clark 1974: 17 (transferred from Habrocestum).
Evarcha cara: Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994: 22, figs 50–51 (Ƥ).
Hyllus corniger: Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994: 43, figs 93–96 (3).
Evarcha dotata: Wesolowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 23, figs 29–36 (transferred from Hyllus).
Hyllus dotatus: Logunov 2004d: 87, figs 1–2 (transferred to Evarcha).
Evarcha dotata: Wesolowska & van Harten 2007: 199, figs 27–31 (Ƥ); Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz 2008: 13; Wesolowska & van Harten 2010: 31.
Thyene damarensis Lawrence, 1927: 63, pl. 2, fig. 50 (Ƥ, examined) syn. n.
Type material: Syntypes 2Ƥ 3 juv. (SAM, #B6100, marked as " Types 5Ƥ") South West Africa, Kunene R., C 1712Aa, March 1923, R.F. Lawrence [= Namibia, Kunene, Kunene River, ca. 17°05'S, 12°10'E, 0 3.1923 (R.F. Lawrence)]; 1Ƥ (SAM, #B6195) South West Africa, Kunene R., C 1712Aa, March 1923, R.F. Lawrence [= Namibia, Kunene, Kunene River, ca. 17°05'S, 12°10'E, 0 3.1923 (R.F. Lawrence)]; 1Ƥ (SAM, #B6759) South West Africa, Oncka, March 1923 [= Namibia, Ohangwena, Onka, ca. 17°40'S, 16°00'E, March 1923 (Collector unknown)].
Distribution. Africa and Arabian Peninsula.
Comments. Hyllus dotatus is widespread throughout the Afrotropical Region with several rediscriptions, e.g. Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2000), Wesołowska & van Harten (2007) (all sub Evarcha dotata (Peckham et Peckham, 1903)). The body size, coloration and copulatory organs of H. dotatus varies very little. We therefore only included figures without any descriptions.
Mogrus macrocephalus Lawrence, 1927 Figs 1, 48–53
Mogrus macrocephalus Lawrence 1927: 62, pl. 2, fig. 40 (Ƥ, examined).
Type material: Holotype Ƥ (SAM, #B6267) South West Africa, Uuvidhiya, March 1923, K.H. Bernard [= Namibia, Omusati, Uuvudhiya, 18°08'S, 15°29'E, 0 3.1923 (K.H. Bernard)].
Diagnosis. This species differs from other Mogrus by mushroom-shaped epigyne (Fig. 49).
Description. Female (holotype): Carapace: 3.30 long, 2.60 wide, 1.80 high. Abdomen: 4.50 long, 3.30 wide. Eye field: 1.60 long, anterior 2.30 wide, posterior 2.40 wide. Cheliceral length 1.50. Clypeal height 0.15. Diameter of AME 0.50. Length of leg segments: I 1.86+1.15+1.40+1.00+0.75; II 1.65+1.10+1.10+0.97+0.70; III 2.00+1.10+1.30+1.20+0.75; IV 2.10+1.00+1.30+1.60+0.75. Leg spination: I: Fm d 0-1-1-4; Pt pr and rt 1; Tb pr 1- 2, v 1-2 -2ap; Mt pr 1-1, v 2-2. II: Fm d 0-1-1-5; Pt pr and rt 1; Tb pr 1-2, v 1-1 -2ap; Mt pr 1-1, v 2-2. III: Fm d 1-1- 5; Pt pr and rt 1; Tb pr and rt 1-2, v 0-0-2ap; Mt d 1-0, pr and rt 1-2ap, v 2-2 ap. IV: Fm d 1-1-3; Pt pr and rt 1; Tb pr and rt 1-1-1-0, v 1 -0-2ap; Mt pr and rt 1-1-0-2ap; v 2 -0-2ap. Carapace reddish-brown, covered with white hairs (Fig. 52). Ocular area brown. Chelicerae reddish-brown. Clypeus low, clypeus and cheeks reddish-brown, covered with white hairs, cheeks with two bands of white hairs (Fig. 53). Sternum yellow-brown. Abdomen ventrally yellow with brownish medial band (Fig. 51). Dorsum brown, with dark brown medial band, expanding to the median part and converging to the distal part of abdomen, covered with brown hairs. Book lungs brownish yellow (Fig. 51). Spinnerets yellowish brown. All femora yellow, distally brown, other segments brownish with brown rings. Structure of epigyne and spermathecae as in Figs 49–50.
Male unknown.
Distribution. Known only from type locality in Namibia.
description: Published as part of Azarkina, Galina N. & Foord, Stefan H., 2013, Redescriptions of poorly known species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from South Africa and Namibia, pp. 165-182 in Zootaxa 3686 (2) on pages 174-176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/247680