Hortipes schoemanae
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| Schoeman's basket-legged spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Hortipes |
| Species: | H. schoemanae |
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| Hortipes schoemanae | |
Hortipes schoemanae is a species of spider in the family Corinnidae.[2] It occurs in southern Africa and is commonly known as Schoeman's basket-legged spider.[3]
Hortipes schoemanae occurs in Eswatini and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is known from three provinces: Gauteng (Pretoria National Botanical Garden), KwaZulu-Natal (Ithala Game Reserve), and Mpumalanga (multiple localities around Barberton and Sabie).[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits Forest, Grassland and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 807 to 1,303 m above sea level.[3]
It is a ground-dweller found in leaf litter and collected using pitfall traps in indigenous forest and woodlands.[3] The species has also been found in commercial pine plantations.[3]
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