Prasonica albolimbata

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Prasonica albolimbata
Juvenile male
Juvenile male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Prasonica
Species:
P. albolimbata
Binomial name
Prasonica albolimbata
Simon, 1895[1]

Prasonica albolimbata is a comman African species of spider in the family Araneidae.[2]

Prasonica albolimbata occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Madagascar, and Yemen.[2] In South Africa, it has been recorded from Mpumalanga at Loskopdam and Middelburg.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits altitudes ranging from 67 to 1,451 m above sea level and has been sampled from the Savanna biome.[3] Prasonica albolimbata constructs orb webs in low vegetation. When not active, the spider weaves a silk retreat below a leaf.[3]

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