Nilus margaritatus
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| White-banded Nilus fish-eating spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Nilus |
| Species: | N. margaritatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nilus margaritatus | |
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Nilus margaritatus is a spider species in the family Pisauridae.[2] The species is commonly known as the white-banded Nilus fish-eating spider.[3]
Nilus margaritatus has been recorded from Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini.[3]
In South Africa, the species has been sampled from four provinces: Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga.[3]
Habitat and ecology
These are free-running ground dwellers associated with fresh waters and known to catch small fish, tadpoles, and large aquatic invertebrates including insect nymphs or larvae.[3] They can be found at fresh-water pools and have been sampled from the Grassland and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 47 to 1247 m.[3]
Description
preying on caterpillar
with egg sac
