Pongolania pongola

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

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

Pongolania pongola is known only from KwaZulu-Natal, specifically from Pongola at Farm Vergeval.[3] The species occurs at an altitude of 271 m above sea level.

Habitat and ecology

This species inhabits the Savanna biome.[3] Pongolania pongola is a ground-web cryptic spider that lives in dark places.[3]

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