Ariadna segestrioides
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| Dunbrody Tube-Web Spider | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Segestriidae |
| Genus: | Ariadna |
| Species: | A. segestrioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Ariadna segestrioides | |
Ariadna segestrioides is a species of spider in the family Segestriidae.[2] It is endemic to the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is commonly known as the Dunbrody tube-web spider.[3]
Ariadna segestrioides is known only from the type locality Dunbrody in the Eastern Cape, at an altitude of 66 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
Females have a blackish-brown carapace, slightly paler in the middle. Chelicerae are reddish-black. Legs are blackish-brown to nearly black, with the two posterior pairs paler distally. Their tarsi and, to a lesser extent, their metatarsi are pale yellowish, while the two anterior pairs of tarsi are reddish.[3]
The abdomen is pallid with a median series of purplish spots above. The underside is faintly suffused with purplish and has a dark purplish patch posteriorly before the spinners. The sternum and labium are blackish-brown. Total length is 10.75 mm.[3]
