Echemus erutus
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| Pale Echemus Ground Spider | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Echemus |
| Species: | E. erutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Echemus erutus | |
Echemus erutus is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[2] It is a southern African endemic species commonly known as the pale Echemus ground spider.[3]
Echemus erutus is distributed across Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.[3] In South Africa, it is recorded from four provinces: KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Northern Cape, and Western Cape.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a free-living ground dweller, sampled from the Savanna, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, and Nama Karoo biomes at altitudes ranging from 29 to 1,523 m above sea level.[3] It has also been sampled from macadamia orchards.[3]
Description
Echemus erutus is known only from the female. The carapace is yellowish brown with slightly darker chelicerae. The first pair of legs is considerably darker and redder distally, while the posterior legs are similar in colour to the carapace. The abdomen is testaceous and slightly infuscated dorsally. Total length is 5.7 mm.[3]
