Nomisia frenata
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| Nomisia frenata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Nomisia |
| Species: | N. frenata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nomisia frenata | |
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Nomisia frenata is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Nomisia frenata has a very restricted distribution in South Africa's Northern Cape province, with a very small range. The species is known only from the type locality at Kamaggas at an altitude of 231 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a free-living ground dweller found in the Succulent Karoo biome.[3]
Description
Only the female of N. frenata is known. The carapace is medium brown, paler in the ocular area to the fovea, with dark edges and slight radial infuscation from the fovea, especially to the base of the ocular area. The abdomen is brownish black. The legs are yellowish brown with reddish distal segments. Total length is 6.8 mm.[3]
