Evarcha dotata (Peckham & Peckham, 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 : 29-30

Evarcha dotata (Peckham & Peckham, 1903)

Habrocestum dotatum: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 239 , pl. 27, fig. 6.

Hyllus ventrilineatus: Strand 1906: 665 .

Evarcha cara: Wesolowska & van Harten 1994: 22 , figs 50, 51.

Hyllus corniger: Wesolowska & van Harten 1994: 43 , figs 93–96.

Evarcha dotata: Wesolowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 23 , figs 29–36; Wesolowska & van Harten 2007: 199, figs 27–31.

Hyllus dotatus: Logunov 2004: 87 , figs 1, 2.

See Wesolowska & van Harten (1994, 2007) for descriptions of both sexes.

Material examined: 1ơ Crocodile Farm, 26 ° 54.426'S: 32 ° 19.185'E, broadleaf woodland, under tree bark, 12.i.2007 ( NCA 2007/3077); 1^Near Fontana Camp, 26 ° 52.072'S: 32 ° 09.545'E, A. tortilis savannah, leaf litter, 8.vii.2004 ( NCA 2008/2029); 3ơ Near NRC picnic site, 26 ° 52.742'S: 32 ° 11.088'E, A. tortilis savannah, leaf litter, 29.xi.2000 ( NCA 2008/2030); 10^Near Vulture Restaurant, 26 ° 53.376'S: 32 ° 18.703'E, subtropical bush,beats, foliage, 8.vii.2000 ( NMSA 21838); 1^south-western shore of Banzi Pan, 26 ° 53.160'S: 32 ° 16.958'E, beats, short shrubs, 12.i.2007 ( NCA 2007/3024); 1ơ 26 ° 52.464'S: 32 ° 16.050'E, subtropical bush, A. nigrescens woodland, beats, short shrubs, 6.xii.2000 ( NMSA 21839).

Distribution: Species widely distributed in the Afrotropical Region; known also from Yemen.

Habitat and biology: This widespread species was common on low-growing foliage of herbaceous plants and in sweep netting samples, and was also occasionally observed at the base of grass tussocks and in leaf litter, in AS, BW and ST.