Dendryphantes rafalskii Wesołowska, 1999

Wesołowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2013, New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae), African Invertebrates 54 (1), pp. 177-177 : 192

publication ID	2305-2562
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917807
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE43BB01-FFC7-FFBB-FE19-FC8D4E02DAD1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dendryphantes rafalskii Wesołowska, 1999
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Dendryphantes rafalskii Wesołowska, 1999 View in CoL

Fig. 52

Dendryphantes rafalskii: Wesołowska 1999: 147 View in CoL , figs 5–10.

Wesołowska (1999) described both sexes; general appearance of female in Fig. 52.

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Free State: 1♀ Bloemfontein, Free State National Botanical Gardens , 29°03'S 26°12'E, beats, Searsia lancea , 30.xi.2010, J. Neethling ( NMBA) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Previously known only from Zimbabwe, recorded for the first time from South Africa ( Fig. 61).

Habitat and biology: This species was sampled by beating foliage. Large numbers of juveniles with the same distinctive abdominal markings were also collected by fogging Olea europaea trees at the Free State National Botanical Gardens during February, but no adults were present in the samples.