Olios stictopus
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| Durban Olios Huntsman Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Olios |
| Species: | O. stictopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Olios stictopus | |
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Olios stictopus is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Durban Olios huntsman spider.[3]
Olios stictopus is known only from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal at an altitude of 17 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a plant dweller that has been sampled from the Indian Ocean Coastal Belt biome.[3]
