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Arctosa promontorii
Arctosa promontorii is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Table Mountain Arctosa wolf spider.
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Description
Arctosa promontorii is known only from the female, though a male has been collected but not yet described. Females are dark in colour with a carapace bearing a narrow white submarginal stripe. The abdomen is dark reddish grey above and mottled black, marked with a short paler median stripe anteriorly. The abdomen is entirely black below, with the coxae and sternum deep blackish brown. The legs are mottled with dark and paler spots, and the chelicerae are scantily clothed with yellow setae. The total length is approximately 13 mm.
Range & habitat
Arctosa promontorii has been recorded from three provinces in South Africa at elevations ranging from 9 to 1399 m. The species is known from six protected areas.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 651194.