Biology:Evarcha werneri
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Evarcha |
| Species: | E. werneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Evarcha werneri (Simon, 1895)[1]
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Evarcha werneri is a species of spider in the family Salticidae.[1] It is found in Guinea, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, and South Africa and is commonly known as Werner's Evarcha jumping spider.[2]
Distribution
Evarcha werneri is found in Guinea, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, and South Africa.[1][3]
In South Africa, it is known from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.[2]
Habitat and ecology
Specimens were sampled from pitfall traps and sweeping grass in the Savanna Biome at altitudes ranging from 16 to 1360 m.[2]
Description
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Conservation
Evarcha werneri is protected in Ndumo Game Reserve and Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described as Stenaelurillus werneri from Sudan in 1906.[4] It was transferred to Evarcha by Logunov and Azarkina in 2018, with Evarcha elegans being synonymized.[5] Both sexes are known.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/29428. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 38. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15266589.
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- ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2000). "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae)". Tropical Zoology 13 (1): 11–127. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1906). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr F. Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. VII. Araneida". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 115: 1159-1176.
- ↑ Logunov, D.V.; Azarkina, G.N. (2018). "Redefinition and partial revision of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy 430: 1-126. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.430.
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