Heliophanus trepidus Simon, 1910

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 : 46

Heliophanus trepidus Simon, 1910

Figs 81, 82

Heliophanus trepidus: Simon 1910: 215 ; Wesolowska 1986: 20, figs 133–147; 2003: 290, figs 135–137;

Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 185, figs 52–54.

See Wesolowska (1986) for description of both sexes.

Redescription:

Female.

Measurements: Carapace length 1.8, width 1.3, height 0.8. Abdomen length 2.3, width 1.5. Eye field length 0.8, anterior width 1.0, posterior width 1.2.

Carapace black, brown bristles near eyes, some white hairs on anterior half of eye field and behind posterior row of eyes. Mouthparts dark brown, sternum blackish. Abdomen black with white band on anterior edge, extending to sides, with a few pairs of whitish spots medially ( Fig. 81); venter yellowish grey. Legs yellow. Epigyne with two rounded depressions touching each other, placed posteriorly ( Fig. 82).

Material examined: 1^Western shore of Shokwe Pan, 26 ° 52.013'S: 32 ° 12.982'E, F. sycomorus forest, Ficus bark, 28.vi.2003 (NCA 2008/2734).

Distribution: Species distributed in the southern part of Africa.

Habitat and biology: Only a single specimen was collected from under F. sycomorus bark at Shokwe Pan.