Hyllus dotatus

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Dotatus 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. dotatus
Binomial name
Hyllus dotatus
Synonyms [2]
  • Habrocestum dotatumPeckham & Peckham, 1903
  • Hyllus ventrilineatusStrand, 1906
  • Thyene damarensisLawrence, 1927
  • Hyllus dotatumClark, 1974
  • Evarcha caraWesołowska & van Harten, 1994
  • Hyllus cornigerWesołowska & van Harten, 1994
  • Evarcha dotataWesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
  • Evarcha elegansWesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
  • Evarcha werneriDippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025

Hyllus dotatus is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. [2] It is found from South Africa to Yemen and is commonly known as the dotatus Hyllus jumping spider. [3]

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Distribution

Hyllus dotatus is has been found in Botswana, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2]

In South Africa, the species is known from all nine provinces. [3]

Habitat and ecology

This species is a free-living plant-dweller found on the foliage of shrubs and trees in various savannah and floodplain habitats. [3]

In South Africa, it has been sampled from multiple biomes including Fynbos, Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna and Thicket at altitudes ranging from 1 to 1732 m. The species has also been sampled from agricultural ecosystems such as cotton, kenaf and maize. [3]

Description

Conservation

Hyllus dotatus 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 dotatus was originally described in 1903 as Habrocestum dotatum from Mashonaland, Zimbabwe. [1] The species has a complex taxonomic history with several synonyms. Both sexes were described by Wesołowska and Russell-Smith in 2000. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hyllus dotatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 58. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2000). "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13 (1): 11–127. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126.
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