Biology:Vidole schreineri
| Hanover Vidole Hackled Band Spider | |
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LC (SANBI)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae |
| Genus: | Vidole |
| Species: | V. schreineri
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| Binomial name | |
| Vidole schreineri (Purcell, 1904)[1]
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Vidole schreineri is a species of spider in the family Phyxelididae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Hanover Vidole hackled band spider.[3]
Distribution
Vidole schreineri is distributed across two South African provinces, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.[3] The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 444 to 1,513 m above sea level.
Habitat and ecology
This species inhabits the Grassland biome and drier regions.[3] Vidole schreineri is a ground retreat-web cryptic spider that lives in dark places. Label data suggests that it occurs in arid Karoo and Little Karoo vegetation.[3]
Description
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Conservation
Vidole schreineri is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.[3] It has a wide range and is protected in the Addo Elephant National Park and Mountain Zebra National Park. There are no significant threats to the species.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904 as Auximus schreineri from Hanover in the Northern Cape.[1] It was later transferred to the genus Vidole and revised by Griswold in 1990, who removed it from synonymy with Vidole capensis.[3] Vidole schreineri is known from both sexes.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Purcell, W.F. (1904). "Descriptions of new genera and species of South African spiders". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 15: 115–173. doi:10.1080/21560382.1904.9626437.
- ↑ "Vidole schreineri (Purcell, 1904)". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/27142. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Phyxelididae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 34. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6813843. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6813843. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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Wikidata ☰ Q2513070 entry
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