Euprosthenops bayaonianus
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| Decorated Euprosthenops Nursery-Web Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Euprosthenops |
| Species: | E. bayaonianus |
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| Euprosthenops bayaonianus (Brito Capello, 1867)[1] | |
Euprosthenops bayaonianus is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae.[2] It is found across several African countries and is commonly known as the decorated Euprosthenops nursery-web spider.[3]
Euprosthenops bayaonianus has a wide distribution across Africa. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it has been recorded from six provinces at altitudes ranging from 415 to 1,444 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Funnel-web pisaurids construct their webs in short shrubs and bushes close to the ground. Large webs are made in vegetation with a funnel at the bottom. The capture web is sheet-like and composed of dense criss-crossing threads. The species has been sampled from the Grassland, Savanna, and Thicket biomes.[3]
Description
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Conservation
Euprosthenops bayaonianus is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range. There are no significant threats to the species, and it is protected in several areas including Addo Elephant National Park, Kalkfontein Dam Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Mpetsane Conservation Estate, Acacia Lodge Game Reserve, and Nelshoogte Forest Reserve.[3]
