Pronophaea natalica
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| Natal Pronophaea dark sac spider | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Pronophaea |
| Species: | P. natalica |
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| Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897 | |
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Pronophaea natalica is a spider species in the family Corinnidae.[1] It is commonly known as the Natal Pronophaea dark sac spider.[2]
Pronophaea natalica is endemic to South Africa, where it has a wide distribution across six provinces, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Western Cape.[2]
Habitat and ecology
This species consists of free-living ground-dwellers collected predominantly in leaf litter and pitfall traps.[2] It has been sampled from all the floral biomes except the Desert and Succulent Karoo biomes, and also from commercial pine plantations, at altitudes ranging from 3 to 1,861 m above sea level.[2]
