Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902

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 : 23

Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902

Baryphas ahenus: Simon 1902 a: 42 ; 1903 a: 681, figs 807–809; Peckham & Peckham 1903: 207, pl. 24, fig. 2; Lessert 1925 b: 349, fig. 13; Prószyński 1987: 5; Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 169, figs 2–8.

See Wesolowska & Cumming (2008) for description of both sexes.

Material: 1^Between Main Camp and Vulture Restaurant, 26 ° 54.276'S: 32 ° 18.664'E, broadleaf woodland, beats, foliage, 3.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2023); 1ơ 1^26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland, beats, short plants, 8.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008 /2024); 1^Near Vulture Restaurant, 26 ° 53.376'S: 32 ° 18.703'E, subtropical bush, beats, foliage, 9.vii.2000 ( NMSA 21835 ) .

Distribution: Species common in southern Africa.

Habitat and biology: This widespread species was commonly collected from foliage along the Pongola and Usutu River floodplains, and in ST, where it was common on low-growing shrubs (e.g. Croton sp. ). Predominantly immature spiders were sampled, and were thus not preserved.