Helafricanus patellaris (Simon, 1901)

Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901 a: 541, fig. 667; Simon 1901 b: 58, fig. 11; Wesołowska 1986: 22, figs 163–175; Wesołowska and Haddad 2014: 242, figs 30, 31, 49–55.

Helafricanus patellaris Wesołowska 2024: 81, fig. 1 A – H.

Material examined.

South Africa • Northern Cape Province; 1 ♂; Alexander Bay; 28 ° 35 ' S, 16 ° 29 ' E; 1 Nov 1970; M. Meyer leg.; hand collection; NCA 78 / 1688 • Western Cape Province • 1 ♂, together with 1 ♀ H. modicus; Laingsburg District, Wagendrift Lodge; 33 ° 22.782 ' S, 20 ° 56.566 ' E; 510 m a. s. l.; 22 Jan 2021; C. Haddad et al. leg.; hand collecting, in garden; NCA 2021 / 148 .

Distribution.

A species previously known from Lesotho (Wesołowska and Haddad 2014) and all the South African provinces, excluding Limpopo and North West (Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2023).