Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903)

Wesolowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2009, Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa, African Invertebrates 50 (1), pp. 13-103 : 93-95

publication ID	2305-2562
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7921949
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F1803A-FFF3-FF8B-75E0-0F04CFED3223
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903)
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Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) View in CoL View at ENA

Blaisea lyrata: Simon 1903 a: 679 , fig. 804; 1903 b: 723.

Blaisea bicalcarata: Simon 1909: 429 ; Berland & Millot 1941: 358, fig. 58.

Tusitala lyrata: Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz 2003: 719 View in CoL , figs 1–19.

See Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz (2003) for description of both sexes.

Material examined: 1ơ Crocodile Farm, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, short bushes, 2.xii.2000 ( NMBA 12116 View Materials ); 1ơ 26 ° 51.908'S: 32 ° 14.458'E, subtropical bush, Mahemane thicket, beats, foliage, 2.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2761) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Species widely distributed in central Africa; recorded for the first time in South Africa.

Habitat and biology: This species was collected from foliage of short shrubs in BW and ST.