Malaika delicatula

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Malaika delicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Malaika
Species:
M. delicatula
Binomial name
Malaika delicatula

Malaika delicatula is a species of spider in the family Phyxelididae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Malaika delicatula is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is known from several localities in the Hottentots Holland Mountains including Sir Lowry's Pass, Stellenbosch (Lourensford), Kogelberg Nature Reserve, and Hermanus.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species is a ground retreat-web cryptic spider that lives in damp and dark places. It has been recorded from the Fynbos biome at elevations ranging from 15 to 347 m above sea level.[3]

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