Hyllus treleaveni
| Treleaven's Hyllus Jumping Spider | |
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| female | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Hyllus |
| Species: | H. treleaveni
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyllus treleaveni Peckham & Peckham, 1902[1]
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Hyllus treleaveni is a species of spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is found in Africa and is commonly known as Treleaven's Hyllus jumping spider.[3]
Distribution
Hyllus treleaveni is distributed across Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]
In South Africa, the species is known from seven provinces: Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Western Cape[3]
Habitat and ecology
H. treleaveni is commonly collected from foliage such as broadleaved shrubs in various savannah and floodplain habitats.[3]
In South Africa, it has been recorded from multiple biomes including Fynbos, Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna and Thicket, at altitudes ranging from 10 to 1558 m.[3]
Description
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female
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male
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juvenile
This species is Africa's largest jumping spider.[3]
Conservation
Hyllus treleaveni is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range. It is protected in more than ten protected areas in South Africa.[3]
Taxonomy
Hyllus treleaveni was originally described in 1902 from Zimbabwe.[1] The species was redescribed by Wesołowska and Cumming in 2004.[4]
References
- ^ a b Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1902). "Some new genera and species of Attidae from South Africa". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 9 (312): 330–335. doi:10.1155/1902/13502.
- ^ a b c "Hyllus treleaveni Peckham & Peckham, 1902". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f 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. 61. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Wesołowska, W.; Cumming, M.S. (2004). "A redescription and natural history of Hyllus treleaveni Peckham et Peckham, 1902, the largest jumping spider in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 54: 579–586.