Biology:Seothyra fasciata

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Short description: Species of spider

Seothyra fasciata
Seothyra sp, valdeur, Steenbokpan, a.jpg
Capture webs of a S. fasciata female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Eresidae
Genus: Seothyra
Species:
S. fasciata
Binomial name
Seothyra fasciata
Purcell, 1903
Seothyra fasciata, verspreiding in RSA, a.jpg
Range records for South Africa

Seothyra fasciata, one of the buck spoor spiders, is a sand-dwelling species of Eresidae. It is native to southern Africa.[1]

Range

It is native to sandy regions of southern Namibia (Kalahari to Naukluft),[2] Botswana and northern South Africa.

References

  1. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie (2014). Field Guide to South African Spiders (EPDF). LAPA Uitgewers. ISBN 9780799369106. 
  2. Irish, J.. "Genus Seothyra Purcell 1903 in Namibia". http://biodiversity.org.na/taxondisplay.php?nr=5162. Retrieved 5 July 2018. 
  • Dippenaar-Schoeman A. S. Foord S. and Haddad C. 2013. Spiders of the Savanna Biome. University of Venda & Agricultural Research Council.
  • Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1991). A revision of the African spider genus Seothyra Purcell (Araneae: Eresidae). Cimbebasia 12: 135–160.
  • Dippenaar-Schoeman A. S. 2014. Field Guide of the Spiders of South Africa. Lapa Publisher 424 pp.
  • Dippenaar-Schoeman A. S., Haddad C. R., Foord S. H., Lyle R., Lotz L. N., Helberg L., Mathebula S., Van Den Berg A., Van Den Berg A. M., Van Niekerk E. and Jocqué R. 2010. First Atlas of the Spiders of South Africa. South African National Survey of Arachnida. SANSA Technical Report version 1 (2010): 1158 pp.
  • Foord S. H., Dippenaar-Schoeman A.S. and Haddad C.R. 2011. The faunistic diversity of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Savanna Biome in South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 66: 170–201.
  • Purcell W. F. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of South African spiders. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 15: 115–173.

Wikidata ☰ Q2574149 entry