Hyllus brevitarsis

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Brown Hyllus Jumping Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Hyllus
Species:
H. brevitarsis
Binomial name
Hyllus brevitarsis
Simon, 1902 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Hyllus nataliiPeckham & Peckham, 1903
  • Hyllus rubrotinctusStrand, 1906
  • Hyllus nataliLessert, 1925
  • Hyllus natalensisBonnet, 1957

Hyllus brevitarsis is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. [2] It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the brown Hyllus jumping spider. [3]

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Distribution

Hyllus brevitarsis is distributed across multiple African countries including Botswana, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. [2]

In South Africa, the species has been recorded from Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West. [3]

Habitat and ecology

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female

H. brevitarsis sits still and pressed against the substrate, resembling a honey bee both in size and in its striped orange and black abdomen. [4] It has only been collected in late spring and summer. [3]

In South Africa, Hyllus brevitarsis has been sampled from multiple biomes including Fynbos, Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna and Thicket, at altitudes ranging from 7 to 1303 m. The species has also been sampled from avocado, lemon and macadamia orchards. [3]

This medium-sized spider is occasionally collected by beating foliage of shrubs and trees in various savannah and floodplain habitats. Some specimens have been extracted from retreats constructed on the ventral side of leaves of Sansevieria hyacinthoides plants. One female was extracted from a silk retreat constructed in a grass inflorescence. [3]

Description

Conservation

Hyllus brevitarsis is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range across South Africa. It is protected in more than ten protected areas. [3]

Taxonomy

Hyllus brevitarsis was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1902 from South Africa, with the type locality given only as "Cape of Good Hope". [1] The species was redescribed by Wesołowska in 2008. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Simon, E. (1902). "Etudes arachnologiques. 32e Mémoire. LI. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 71 (1–2): 389–421.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hyllus brevitarsis Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Walt, V. van der; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 56. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. 1 2 Wesołowska, W. (2008). "Taxonomic notes on the genus Hyllus C. L. Koch, 1846 in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". Genus. 19: 319–334.
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