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Stenaelurillus pseudoguttatus
Stenaelurillus pseudoguttatus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Stenaelurillus that lives in Namibia. The species was first described in 2018 by Dmitri Logunov and Galina Azarkina. The holotype had originally been described by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg S. Cumming in 2002 and allocated to the genus Mashonarus guttatus but was recognised as a new species 16 years later. Stenaelurillus pseudoguttatus takes its name from the fact that it had previously been named in the type series of this other species, now named Stenaelurillus guttatus. Only the male has been identified. The spider is medium-sized, with a carapace 2.28 mm (0.090 in) long and an abdomen 2.05 mm (0.081 in) long. The carapace is yellow-brown and has two white stripes, while the abdomen is a dark brown with six white spots. It can be distinguished from both Stenaelurillus brandbergensis and Stenaelurillus guttatus by its long sword-like embolus.
From the article Stenaelurillus pseudoguttatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Only the male has been described. The spider is medium-sized and has an overall shape that is typical for the genus.The carapace, typically 2.28 mm (0.090 in) long and 1.63 mm (0.064 in) wide, is yellow-brown and has two white stripes which stretch from the front to the back. The dark brown abdomen is marked by three pairs of white spots and is 2.05 mm (0.081 in) long and 1.38 mm (0.054 in) wide. The spinnerets are greyish yellow and the chelicerae yellowish brown, as are the pedipalps. The clypeus and legs are yellow. The eye field is black. The embolus is long and sword-like with a wide base. It is the embolus that most distinguishes the species from the related Stenaelurillus brandbergensis and Stenaelurillus guttatus.
Range & habitat
The species is endemic to Namibia. The holotype was found near the Okavango River near Rundu in 1979. It is known only from that local area.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 810712.