Echinax similis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Echinax similis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Echinax
Species:
E. similis
Binomial name
Echinax similis
Haddad, 2012[1]

Echinax similis is a species of spider in the family Corinnidae.[2] It is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[3]

Echinax similis is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is known only from the type locality at Ndumo Game Reserve at an altitude of 51 m above sea level.[3]

Habitat and ecology

Echinax similis was collected by canopy fogging from three broad-leaved tree species in seasonally inundated Ficus sycomorus forest in the Savanna biome.[3]

Description

Echinax similis is known from both sexes.[3] As a member of its genus, it is a small spider that resembles Copa and Copuetta in general body shape, with heavily spined legs and cryptic coloration that resembles wolf spiders.[3]

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