Arctosa promontorii
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| Table Mountain Arctosa Wolf Spider | |
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| female with egg sac | |
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| female with egg sac | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Arctosa |
| Species: | A. promontorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctosa promontorii (Pocock, 1900) | |
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Arctosa promontorii is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Table Mountain Arctosa wolf spider.[2]
Arctosa promontorii has been recorded from three provinces in South Africa at elevations ranging from 9 to 1399 m.[2] The species is known from six protected areas.[2]
Habitat
Description
Arctosa promontorii is known only from the female, though a male has been collected but not yet described.[2]
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.[3]
The legs are mottled with dark and paler spots, and the chelicerae are scantily clothed with yellow setae.[3]
The total length is approximately 13 mm.[3]
Conservation
Arctosa promontorii is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Although the species is currently known only from one sex, it has a wide geographical range.[2] It has been recorded from six protected areas.[2]
