Dresserus obscurus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Dresserus obscurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Eresidae
Genus: Dresserus
Species:
D. obscurus
Binomial name
Dresserus obscurus
Pocock, 1898[1]

Dresserus obscurus is a species of spider in the family Eresidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Dresserus obscurus is endemic to the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The species has been recorded from Estcourt and Richards Bay.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species is rare and found in retreat webs made under rocks in the Grassland and Savanna biomes. It inhabits areas at altitudes ranging from 29 to 1,189 m above sea level.[3]

Description

Dresserus obscurus is known only from females. The whole body is mouse-brown and covered with greyish-black setae.[3]

Conservation

Taxonomy

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