Pterartoria flavolimbata

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Banded-legged Pterartoria wolf spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Pterartoria
Species:
P. flavolimbata
Binomial name
Pterartoria flavolimbata

Pterartoria flavolimbata is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the banded-legged Pterartoria wolf spider.[3]

Pterartoria flavolimbata is found in South Africa.[2] It is endemic to the Western Cape province and recorded only from sand dunes in the Cape Peninsula dunes to north of Muizenberg. The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 4 to 479 m. Half of the specimens were sampled prior to 1903.[3]

Habitat and ecology

Pterartoria flavolimbata is a free-running ground spider recorded only from sand dunes in the Fynbos biome in the Cape Peninsula dunes to north of Muizenberg.[3]

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