S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 64. (Budapest, 2003)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume 64 2003 pp. 345-365. KÖZLEMÉNYEK - CONTRIBUTIONS Rovatvezető - Compiler BÁLINT ZSOLT Notes on Depreissia myrmex (Araneae: Salticidae) Megjegyzések a Depreissia myrmex ugrópókról (Araneae: Salticidae) - A Depreissia myrmex Lessert, 1942 ugrópók faj második ismert példánya került elő Kongóból. Az új példányt fényképek segítségével mutatjuk be. A típuslelőhelyet pontosítottuk, a faj elterjedését illusztráljuk a rendelkezésre álló adatok alapján. Ant-mimicry is rather common in several spider families, but amongst them, jumping spiders (Salticidae) are especially spectacular. The Afrotropical Depreissia myrmex Lessert, 1942 is also such an antlike salticid, and probably because of its perfect mimicry and diminutive size, this monotypic genus was known hitherto only by a single male specimen from Central Africa (Lessert 1942, Wesolowska 1997). The type locality is not easy to locate. In the original label the place "Moto" is indicated as the precise type locality ("Zaire: Haut Uelé, Moto, leg. L. Burgeon"), but in the area, at least four villages occur bearing the same name (Microsoft Encarta '98 World Atlas). The one with the coordinates 2°54'N, 29°27'E, is most likely the type locality as it is quite close to the upper course of Uelé river (Fig. 1). The second adult individual (Figs 2-5) representing Depreissia myrmex has been found in the unidentified material of the Hungarian Soil Zoological Expedition to Congo (see details in Balogh et al. 1965). The specimen was collected in Congo, Meya (3°50'S, 14°30'E), Bangu forest (Fig. 1) having additional label data: [by pitfall traps, leg. Balogh & Zicsi, det. W. Wesolowska, Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus, SALT325J. It is quite easy to recognize the species : 2 mm long, shiny yellowish, ant-like spider. Eyes situated in four rows. Posterior end of carapace possessing a remarkable hump (Figs 2-3, 4). Pedicel enormously long, almost 1 millimetre in length (Fig. 2). The palp is also unique (Fig. 3). Relationships of the genus Depreissia are completely unknown therefore its systematic position is not yet clarified.