Stenaelurillus guttatus ( Wesołowska & Cumming, 2002 )

Haddad, Charles Richard, Wiśniewski, Konrad & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, The jumping spiders of Mozambique (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 5560 (1), pp. 1-92 : 63-64

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scientific name	Stenaelurillus guttatus ( Wesołowska & Cumming, 2002 )
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Stenaelurillus guttatus ( Wesołowska & Cumming, 2002) View in CoL

Fig. 46 View FIGURE 46

Mashonarus guttatus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2002: 167 View in CoL , figs 1–19 (♂ ♀).

Stenaelurillus guttatus (Wesołowska & Cumming) View in CoL : Logunov & Azarkina 2018: 43, figs 8, 9, 16, 17, 165–183 (♂ ♀).

Material examined. MOZAMBIQUE: Manica: Inhamacari , 18°57’S, 32°43’E, yellow pans, native Uapaca kirkiana , 1230 m a.s.l., 26.V.2013, leg. C.J. Cuaranhua, 9♂ 1♀ 5 imm. ( MRAC 247573 View Materials ); Machipanda, 18°59’S, 32°44’E, yellow pans, native Brachystegia sp. , 890 m a.s.l., 16.V–6.VI.2013, leg. C.J. Cuaranhua, 61♂ 28♀ ( MRAC 241852 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Description. See Wesołowska & Cumming (2002: sub. Mashonarus g.) for a description of both sexes. General appearance of male as in Fig. 46A View FIGURE 46 , female in Fig. 46B View FIGURE 46 . Palpal organ as in Fig. 46C View FIGURE 46 , epigyne in Fig. 46D View FIGURE 46 .

Distribution. Southern African species, hitherto known from Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Recorded from Mozambique for the first time.

Remarks. This species can be very locally abundant, as reflected by the number of individuals collected.