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Hyllus dotatus
Hyllus dotatus is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. It is found from South Africa to Yemen and is commonly known as the dotatus Hyllus jumping spider.
From the article Hyllus dotatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Hyllus dotatus has been found in Botswana, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, the species is known from all nine provinces.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
This species is a free-living plant-dweller found on the foliage of shrubs and trees in various savannah and floodplain habitats. 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.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
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
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Every page naming Hyllus dotatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 631133.