Biology:Walrencea
Walrencea is a monotypic genus of South African nursery web spiders containing the single species, Walrencea globosa. It was first described by Patrick Blandin in 1979,[1] and is only found in South Africa.[2]
Etymology
The genus name is a variation of R. F. Lawrence's last name.[1]
Life style
These are free-living plant dwellers.[3]
Description
The carapace is a little longer than wide and narrower in the eye area, with a broad cephalic region and a short fovea. The carapace is covered with pale setae and has a white median line bordered by darker setae. The number of teeth on the posterior margins of the chelicerae is variable, ranging from 2 to 4.[3]
The eight eyes are arranged in two rows, with the anterior row recurved.The median ocular triangle is longer than wide.[3]
The abdomen has a slightly dark abdominal folium that is marked anteriorly with a short pale midline framed by dark setae, and the ventrum is pale. The legs are the same colour as the carapace and bear strong setae.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus is known only from the original description.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blandin, P. (1979). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines XI. Genres peu connus ou nouveaux des Iles Canaries, du continent africain et de Madagascar (Araneae, Pisauridae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine 93: 347–375.
- ↑ Gen. Walrencea Blandin, 1979. Natural History Museum Bern. 2025. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2435. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Pisauridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 56. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157775.
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