Isicabu zuluensis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Tailed Tree Sheet-Web Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Isicabu
Species:
I. zuluensis
Binomial name
Isicabu zuluensis

Isicabu zuluensis is a species of spider in the family Cyatholipidae. It is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.[2][3]

Isicabu zuluensis is known from four locations in KwaZulu-Natal: Dukuduku Forest Station, Ngome State Forest, Town Bush Forest near Pietermaritzburg, and Richards Bay. The species occurs at elevations between 61 and 1155 metres above sea level.[3]

Habitat

The species builds small horizontal sheet webs in the understory of moist forests. It occurs in Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, and Savanna biomes and has also been found in pine plantations.[3]

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