Pseudauximus pallidus
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| Pseudauximus pallidus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Macrobunidae |
| Genus: | Pseudauximus |
| Species: | P. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudauximus pallidus Purcell, 1904 | |
Pseudauximus pallidus is a species of spider in the genus Pseudauximus. It occurs across three provinces of South Africa: the Northern Cape, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape.[1]
Pseudauximus pallidus has a relatively wide distribution across South Africa. It has been recorded from Hanover in the Northern Cape, several localities in the Western Cape including Swartberg Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Bontebok National Park, Laingsburg, Anysberg Nature Reserve, and Matjiesfontein, and from Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape.[2]
Habitat
This ground-dwelling spider has been collected in pitfall traps from the Fynbos and Nama Karoo biomes at elevations ranging from 9 to 1358 meters above sea level.[2]
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