Afraflacilla matabelensis ( Wesołowska, 2011 ) Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024

Haddad, Charles Richard & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae), African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 127-159 : 127-159

Afraflacilla matabelensis ( Wesołowska, 2011) comb. nov.

Pseudicius matabelensis Wesołowska, 2011: 338, figs 73–78.

Material examined.

South Africa • Northern Cape Province; 2 ♂; Upington, Duine-in-die-Weg Guest Farm ; - 28.57, 21.77; 840 m a. s. l.; 24 Oct 2017; H. Badenhorst leg.; hand collecting; NCA 2020 / 18 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; - 28.58, 21.78, 875 m a. s. l.; NCA 2020 / 21 • 1 ♂; Namaqua National Park, Koeroebees ; - 30.1447, 17.7029; 240 m a. s. l.; 27 Mar 2022, C. Haddad et al. leg.; beating shrubs, dry river bed; NMBA 18564 .

Distribution.

A species described from Zimbabwe ( Wesołowska 2011) and recently recorded from the KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa ( Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2023). Recorded from two additional localities in the latter province here, indicating a broad distribution in southern Africa.