Giant Jumping Spider

Description:

I think that this is Hyllus maskaranus Barrion and Litsinger, 1995, but I can't confirm the identification, as there are no pictures available. This is my third spotting of this kind of Giant Jumping Spider (details of the two previous spottings are shown in Notes below). The first spotting was made beside an old farmhouse, in the middle of some rice fields, on October 3rd., 2016. The second was made, at the edge of a rice field, in front of the farm building, on October 25th., 2022 and the third spotting, this one, was made, at the end of the road leading to the farmhouse, on April 6th., 2024 (just 2 days ago). I mention all of this because, in my view, this spider is rather uncommon. I have only seen a spider, of this type, three times in the last eight years and all three spottings were within a small radius of about 10 to 15 metres. Since I have not seen this kind of spider anywhere else, in the area where I live, is it possible that this kind of spider establishes small enclaves or territories from which it doesn't deviate, or is it just rather "thin on the ground" and it was pure chance that I saw them in such a small area? I think the latter is more probable.

Habitat:

This Hyllus sp. was spotted at the end of the road leading to a farmhouse, surrounded by rice fields. It was sitting on a Spotted Dracaena (Dracaena surculosa). This plant is not native to the Philippines and does not have a local name. Plant information from - http://www.stuartxchange.org/SpottedDrac........ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_s........

Notes:

My two previous spottings of this kind of spider - https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/69........ and https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12........