Caerostris tinamaze

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Gregoric's Bark Spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Caerostris
Species:
C. tinamaze
Binomial name
Caerostris tinamaze
Gregorič, 2015[1]

Caerostris tinamaze is a species of spider in the family Araneidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Gregoric's bark spider.[3]

Caerostris tinamaze is known only from the type locality, Entabeni State Forest in Limpopo, South Africa, at an elevation of 1,362 m above sea level.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species builds large orb webs, usually between trees. The examined specimens inhabited an afromontane forest fragment in a pine plantation in the Savanna biome.[3]

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