Eusparassus jaegeri
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| Pretoria Stone Huntsman Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Eusparassus |
| Species: | E. jaegeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Eusparassus jaegeri Moradmand, 2013[1] | |
Eusparassus jaegeri is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae.[2] It is found in Botswana and South Africa and is commonly known as the Pretoria stone huntsman spider.
Eusparassus jaegeri is distributed across five South African provinces, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, and Northern Cape. The species is also known from Botswana. Notable locations include areas around Pretoria, Kruger National Park, Ndumo Game Reserve, and various nature reserves.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
female
female
juvenile female
The species belongs to the genus Eusparassus, which are characterised by the presence of two pairs of ventral tibial spines on legs I to IV. The male palp is characterised by the embolus and tegulum nearly of the same length arranged as a U-shaped structure. The female epigyne shows two large lateral lobes typical of the genus.[3]
