Artoriellula bicolor
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| Artoriellula bicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Artoriellula |
| Species: | A. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Artoriellula bicolor (Simon, 1898) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Artoriellula bicolor is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is endemic to South Africa.[2]
Artoriellula bicolor is known from the Western Cape in South Africa, with the type locality given as "Cap der Guten Hoffnung" (Cape of Good Hope).[2]
Habitat
Description
The species is known only from the female.[2]
The cephalothorax is red-brown, almost bald, without pale bands, with a black eye field.[3] The sternum is pale yellow and finely edged with sharp black. The chelicerae are rust yellow.[3]
The abdomen dorsally is shiny rusty yellow and only partially hairy, while ventrally it is pale yellow. The coxae and other leg segments are pale yellow, not darker, but the anterior legs are black except for the pale tarsi.[3]
