Steatoda connexa

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Cape False Button Spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Steatoda
Species:
S. connexa
Binomial name
Steatoda connexa
Synonyms[2]
  • Teutana connexa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904

Steatoda connexa is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae.[2] It is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.[3]

Steatoda connexa is known only from South Africa,[2] where it is known only from Muizenberg on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.[3]

Habitat and ecology

Steatoda connexa constructs three-dimensional webs in dark places. The species is known from the Fynbos biome and has been collected from under stones.[3]

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