Platyoides pictus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Platyoides pictus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trochanteriidae
Genus: Platyoides
Species:
P. pictus
Binomial name
Platyoides pictus
Pocock, 1902[1]

Platyoides pictus is a species of spider in the family Trochanteriidae. It is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Platyoides pictus is found in two provinces of South Africa: Eastern Cape and Western Cape. The species was originally described from Tea Fountain, Grahamstown, and occurs at elevations between 360 and 1,116 m above sea level.[3]

Habitat

The species inhabits the Fynbos and Thicket biomes. Like other scorpion spiders, it is a free-living wanderer with a flattened body adapted for life in narrow crevices under bark or rocks.[3]

Description

Conservation

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