Euprosthenopsis lamorali

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Lamoral's Euprosthenopsis Nursery-Web Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Euprosthenopsis
Species:
E. lamorali
Binomial name
Euprosthenopsis lamorali

Euprosthenopsis lamorali is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Lamoral's Euprosthenopsis nursery-web spider.[3]

Euprosthenopsis lamorali is endemic to South Africa. It has been recorded from single localities in three provinces at altitudes ranging from 4 to 1,345 m above sea level.[3]

Habitat and ecology

These sheet-web pisaurids construct their webs in bushes but occasionally also between large grass tussocks. The species has been sampled from the Fynbos, Savanna, and Thicket biomes.[3]

Description

Conservation

Euprosthenopsis lamorali is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Although only known from one sex, this species has a wide distribution and there are no significant threats to the species.[3]

Etymology

Taxonomy

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