Homalattus obscurus

Homalattus Jumping Spider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Homalattus
Species:	H. obscurus
Binomial name
	Homalattus obscurus; Peckham & Peckham, 1903

Homalattus obscurus is a South African species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.

Distribution

Homalattus obscurus is endemic to South Africa, where it has been sampled only from Bergvliet Forest Station in Mpumalanga Province at an altitude of 7 m.

Habitat and ecology

This species is a free-living plant dweller.

Description

Conservation

Homalattus obscurus is listed as Data Deficient by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its small geographic range. Additional sampling is needed to collect the male and to determine the species' range.

Taxonomy

Homalattus obscurus was described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903 with types from Mpumalanga.

References

1 2 Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278.
↑ "Homalattus punctatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Walt, V. van der; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 51. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[peckham1903-1] 1 2 Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278.

[wsc-2] "Homalattus punctatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.

[dippenaar2025-3] 1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Walt, V. van der; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 51. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.