Further notes on the Afrotropical genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae)

Galina N Azarkina; Stefan H Foord

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1185.110365

Further notes on the Afrotropical genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae)

Zookeys. 2023 Dec 1:1185:295-308. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.110365. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Galina N Azarkina^{1

2}, Stefan H Foord²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Systematics of Invertebrate Animals, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk Russia.
² SARChI Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Centre for Invasion Biology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, Limpopo 0950, South Africa University of Venda Thohoyandou South Africa.

Abstract

Notes on four Festucula species are provided. One species, F.botswanasp. nov., is described as new to science (♀, Botswana). The name F.monticola is revalidated and the male of this species is assigned. The female of F.lawrencei is described for the first time. A new record of F.leroyae is provided.

Keywords: Africa; Botswana; Guinea; first female; jumping spiders; new species.

Galina N. Azarkina, Stefan H. Foord.