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{{Short description|Species of spider}}

{{Short description|Species of spider}}

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==Distribution==

””’Hispo georgius””’ is a [[species]] of [[jumping spider]] (family Salticidae). It is found in [[Madagascar]] and Central, East and Southern [[Africa]].<ref name=WSC_s29988/>

”Hispo georgius” is found in [[Angola]], [[Botswana]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Kenya]], Madagascar, [[South Africa]] and [[Zimbabwe]].<ref name=”wsc” />

Within South Africa, it is known from [[Eastern Cape]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Limpopo]], [[Mpumalanga]], and [[Western Cape]].<ref name=”dippenaar2025″ />

==Habitat and ecology==

Specimens were sampled from under the bark of large trees such as ”[[Vachellia]]”, ”[[Commiphora]]” and ”[[Bauhinia]]” in the [[Savanna]] [[Biome]] at altitudes ranging from 47 to 1307 m.<ref name=”dippenaar2025″ />

Their retreats are constructed of thin silk stuck onto the inner surface of a flake of bark or inside a narrow crack on a tree trunk.<ref name=”dippenaar2025″ />

==Description==

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==Conservation==

”Hispo georgius” is listed as of Least Concern by the [[South African National Biodiversity Institute]] due to its wide geographical range. There are no known threats to the species. In South Africa, it is protected in four protected areas: Ndumo Game Reserve, Ophathe Game Reserve, Tembe Elephant Park and Kruger National Park.<ref name=”dippenaar2025″ />

==Taxonomy==

”Hispo georgius” was originally described in 1892 from Madagascar as ”[[Leptorchestes]] georgius” by [[George and Elizabeth Peckham]].<ref name=”peckham1892″ /> The species was redescribed by Wesołowska and Cumming in 2008.<ref name=”wesolowska2008″ />

==References==

==References==

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<ref name=WSC_s29988>{{citation |title=Taxon details ”Hispo georgius” (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/29988 |accessdate=March 7, 2017 }}</ref>

<ref name=>{{citation |title=Taxon details ”Hispo georgius” (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/29988 |accessdate=March 7, 2017 }}</ref>

<ref name=”dippenaar2025″>{{cite book|last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman|first1=A.S.|last2=Walt|first2=V. van der|last3=Haddad|first3=C.R.|last4=Foord|first4=S.H.|last5=Lotz|first5=L.N.|year=2025|title=The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1|publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide|page=45|doi=10.5281/zenodo.17103454}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref>

<ref name=”peckham1892″>{{cite journal|last1=Peckham|first1=G.W.|last2=Peckham|first2=E.G.|year=1892|title=Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae|journal=Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin|volume=2|issue=1|pages=1-84}}</ref>

<ref name=”wesolowska2008″>{{cite journal|last1=Wesołowska|first1=W.|last2=Cumming|first2=M.S.|year=2008|title=Taxonomy and natural history of a species rich assemblage of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae); a long-term study of a suburban site in Zimbabwe|journal=Annales Zoologici, Warszawa|volume=58|pages=167-230}}</ref>

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==External links==

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[[Category:Spiders of Africa]]

[[Category:Spiders of Africa]]

[[Category:Spiders described in 1892]]

[[Category:Spiders described in 1892]]

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Species of spider

Hispo georgius is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[1]

Within South Africa, it is known from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Western Cape.^[2]

Specimens were sampled from under the bark of large trees such as Vachellia, Commiphora and Bauhinia in the Savanna Biome at altitudes ranging from 47 to 1307 m.^[2]

Their retreats are constructed of thin silk stuck onto the inner surface of a flake of bark or inside a narrow crack on a tree trunk.^[2]

Hispo georgius is listed as of Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range. There are no known threats to the species. In South Africa, it is protected in four protected areas: Ndumo Game Reserve, Ophathe Game Reserve, Tembe Elephant Park and Kruger National Park.^[2]

Hispo georgius was originally described in 1892 from Madagascar as Leptorchestes georgius by George and Elizabeth Peckham.^[3] The species was redescribed by Wesołowska and Cumming in 2008.^[4]