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 Department of Zoology Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, 0950, South Africa.
Zootaxa. 2020 Dec 30;4899(1):zootaxa.4899.1.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4.
The jumping spider tribe Ballini is reviewed in the Afrotropical Region. The genera Afromarengo Benjamin, 2004 and Goleta Peckham Peckham, 1894 are redefined. In Afromarengo, A. coriacea (Simon, 1900) is illustrated and A. ghanaensis sp. nov. (♀, from Ghana) and A. ugandensis sp. nov. (♂♀, from Uganda and D.R. Congo) are newly described. For Goleta, the type species, Goleta workmani (Peckham Peckham, 1885), is redescribed from both sexes. Seven new genera and twelve new species are described, including three monotypic genera, Ballagascar gen. nov., with B. insularis (Peckham Peckham, 1885) comb. nov. (ex Colaxes Simon, 1900) from Madagascar (♂♀) as the type species; Mondeku gen. nov., with M. albopilosum sp. nov. (♂♀, from Kenya) as the type species; and Oviballus gen. nov., with O. vidae sp. nov. (♂♀, from South Africa) as the type species. We also describe Planamarengo gen. nov., with P. bimaculata (Peckham Peckham, 1903) comb. nov. (ex Afromarengo) from South Africa (♂♀) as the type species, as well as P. gatamaiyu sp. nov. (♂, from Kenya) and P. kenyaensis sp. nov. (♂♀, from Kenya); Propiomarengo gen. nov., with P. plana (Haddad Wesołowska, 2013) comb. nov. (ex Afromarengo) from South Africa (♀) as the type species, as well as P. foordi sp. nov. (♂, from South Africa); Tenuiballus gen. nov., with T. minor sp. nov. (♂, from South Africa) as the type species, and also including T. coronatus sp. nov. (♂, from South Africa); and Wandawe gen. nov., with W. benjamini (Wesołowska Haddad, 2013) comb. n. (ex Colaxes) from South Africa (♂♀) as the type species, and also including W. australe sp. nov. (♂♀, from South Africa) and W. tigrinа sp. nov. (♂♀, from Kenya and Uganda). A new combination for Copocrossa albozonata Caporiacco, 1949, Afromarengo albozonata comb. nov. is provided, and the name A. albozonata is treated as a nomen dubium. A new species of Padilla Peckham Peckham, 1894, a genus only known from the Afrotropical Indian Ocean islands, P. wandae sp. nov. (♂♀, from Madagascar), is described. New data and illustrations for Sadies Wanless, 1984, as well as two Asian species of Colaxes, are provided. The recently revised Pachyballus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus Simon, 1900 are not treated further. A key to the genera of Afrotropical Ballinae is presented, as well as new data on their natural history, biogeography, and a discussion of the evolution of mimicry of various arthropod groups by balline jumping spiders. A putative synapomorphy and the new composition of Ballini sensu novo are proposed.
非洲球蛛族综述。重新定义了 Afromarengo 属和 Goleta 属。描述了 Afromarengo 属的 A. coriacea（Simon，1900）和 A. ghanaensis sp. nov.（♀，来自加纳）和 A. ugandensis sp. nov.（♂♀，来自乌干达和刚果民主共和国）两个新种。描述了 Goleta 属的模式种 Goleta workmani（Peckham Peckham，1885），并附有雌雄个体的重新描述。描述了七个新属和十二个新种，包括三个单型属：Ballagascar gen. nov.，其模式种是 B. insularis（Peckham Peckham，1885），组合（ex Colaxes Simon，1900）来自马达加斯加（♂♀）；Mondeku gen. nov.，其模式种是 M. albopilosum sp. nov.（♂♀，来自肯尼亚）；以及 Oviballus gen. nov.，其模式种是 O. vidae sp. nov.（♂♀，来自南非）。还描述了 Planamarengo gen. nov.，其模式种是 P. bimaculata（Peckham Peckham，1903），组合（ex Afromarengo）来自南非（♂♀）；P. gatamaiyu sp. nov.（♂，来自肯尼亚）和 P. kenyaensis sp. nov.（♂♀，来自肯尼亚）；Propiomarengo gen. nov.，其模式种是 P. plana（Haddad Wesołowska，2013），组合（ex Afromarengo）来自南非（♀）；Tenuiballus gen. nov.，其模式种是 T. minor sp. nov.（♂，来自南非），还包括 T. coronatus sp. nov.（♂，来自南非）；以及 Wandawe gen. nov.，其模式种是 W. benjamini（Wesołowska Haddad，2013），组合（ex Colaxes）来自南非（♂♀），还包括 W. australe sp. nov.（♂♀，来自南非）和 W. tigrinа sp. nov.（♂♀，来自肯尼亚和乌干达）。提供了 Copocrossa albozonata Caporiacco，1949 的新组合，Afromarengo albozonata comb. nov.，并将 A. albozonata 视为一个存疑名。描述了一个仅来自非洲印度洋岛屿的 Padilla Peckham Peckham，1894 的新种，P. wandae sp. nov.（♂♀，来自马达加斯加）。提供了 Sadies Wanless，1984 的新数据和插图，以及两个亚洲 Colaxes 属的物种。最近修订的 Pachyballus Simon，1900 和 Peplometus Simon，1900 不再进一步处理。提出了一个非洲球蛛族属的关键，以及它们的自然历史、生物地理学的新数据，并讨论了各种节肢动物组对球蛛跳跃蛛的拟态的进化。提出了一个可能的同源特征和 Ballini sensu novo 的新组成。
