Theridion proximum
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| Theridion proximum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Theridion |
| Species: | T. proximum |
| Binomial name | |
| Theridion proximum | |
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Theridion proximum is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae.[1] It is found in Saint Helena and South Africa.[2]
Theridion proximum is found in Saint Helena and South Africa.[1] In South Africa it is known from the Western Cape at Oudtshoorn Skeleton Cave.[2]
Habitat and ecology
This species constructs three-dimensional webs in dark places and has been sampled from a cave at 357 m altitude.[2]
Description
The carapace is yellow with a very fine brown margination, cephalic portion and thoracic fovea brown, eyes surrounded by blackish brown rings.[3]
Legs are yellow with femora bearing two subapical and tibiae bearing four blackish annulations, metatarsi with smaller basal, middle and apical annulations with the middle one faint or obsolete.[3]
The abdomen dorsally has a black area surrounding the light median longitudinal band which is diffuse, with a large white marking on each side in the posterior third near the lateral margin. The ventral surface has spinnerets surrounded by a blackish ring which is continuous with the median blackish area of the dorsal surface, and a medium-sized white spot below the epigastric fold.[3]
