Amusia cataracta
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| Amusia Flat-Bellied Ground Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Amusia |
| Species: | A. cataracta |
| Binomial name | |
| Amusia cataracta | |
Amusia cataracta is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[2] It is endemic to southern Africa.[3]
Amusia cataracta is distributed is found in South Africa and Botswana.[3] In South Africa, the species has been recorded from Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
female
female
One of the diagnostic characters of the species is that metatarsi I are considerably shorter than tarsi I.[3]
