Chiasmopes hystrix
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| Ethiopia Chiasmopes nursery-web spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Chiasmopes |
| Species: | C. hystrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Chiasmopes hystrix | |
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Chiasmopes hystrix is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae.[2] It is found in Ethiopia and South Africa, and is commonly known as the Ethiopia Chiasmopes nursery-web spider.[3]
Chiasmopes hystrix has been recorded from Ethiopia and South Africa.[3] In South Africa, it has been sampled from a single female in Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga at 1080 m altitude.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
The cephalothorax is decorated in the middle with a light fawn band, covered with very white hairs, attenuated in front where it is extended by a brush of white hairs between the posterior median eyes. The sides of this band are of a darker fawn, veined black.[3]
The chelicerae are fawn-red, more or less spotted with black, as are the maxillary blades. The sternum has a median white line with two blackish bands on the sides of this line.[3]
The legs have dark femora, with the other segments fawn, and the two anterior pairs black. The abdomen is grey, striped fawn and stained black. The pubescence is white and grey, silky and felted. On the sternum there are black setae, and in the middle of the pubescence on the legs and abdomen there are small stiff setae.[3]
Conservation
Chiasmopes hystrix is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range. However, more sampling is needed to confirm the presence of the species in South Africa. There are no significant threats to the species.[3]
