Harmochirus luculentus
| Harmochirus luculentus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Harmochirus |
| Species: | H. luculentus
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| Binomial name | |
| Harmochirus luculentus | |
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Harmochirus luculentus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is found across multiple countries in Africa and is commonly known as the Tanzanian Harmochirus jumping spider.[3]
Distribution
Harmochirus luculentus has been recorded from Botswana, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.[2]
In South Africa, the species is known from Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West, and Western Cape.[3] Notable locations include Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Hluhluwe Nature Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Ndumo Game Reserve, and Tembe Elephant Park.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is found on flowers, buds and leaves, especially their tips, and is occasionally found on walls and bark and once on the ground.[3] The spiders run with legs I forward and the abdomen moves up and down constantly.[3] Adults are present from August to February during the hot dry and hot wet seasons.[3] The species is sampled from the Fynbos, Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 10 to 1602 m.[3]
Description
Conservation
Harmochirus luculentus is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range.[3] The species is protected in several protected areas with no known threats.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was redescribed by Logunov in 2001.[4] Both sexes are known.[3]
References
- ^ Simon, E. 1886. Etudes arachnologiques. 18e Mémoire. XXVI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des Arachnides du Sénégal. (Suivi d'une appendice intitulé: Descriptions de plusieurs espèces africaines nouvelles). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 5, pages 345–396
- ^ a b c "Hasarius adansoni (Audouin, 1826)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 62. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15266589. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Logunov, D.V. (2001). "A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Aranei: Salticidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 9 (4): 221–286.