Ariadna capensis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Ariadna capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Segestriidae
Genus: Ariadna
Species:
A. capensis
Binomial name
Ariadna capensis

Ariadna capensis is a species of spider in the family Segestriidae.[2] It is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.[3]

Ariadna capensis is known from three locations in the Western Cape, Wynberg Caves on Table Mountain, and two sites in the Cederberg Wilderness Area at Sawadee and Wupperthal. The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 24 to 481 m above sea level.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits the Fynbos biome and constructs tube signal-webs made in crevices of walls, rocks, fallen tree trunks, or bark of trees.[3]

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