Wadicosa oncka
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| Oncka's Pardosa wolf spider | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Wadicosa |
| Species: | W. oncka |
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| Wadicosa oncka | |
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Wadicosa oncka is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[2] It is found throughout Africa and is commonly known as Oncka's Pardosa wolf spider.[3]
Wadicosa oncka is found widely throughout Africa.[2]
In South Africa, it is recorded from Lesotho and six provinces at altitudes ranging from 7 to 2066 m. Localities include Dwesa Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape, several sites in Gauteng including Pretoria and Roodeplaatdam Nature Reserve, Margate and Kosi Bay in KwaZulu-Natal, Levubu and Tshipise in Limpopo, Barberton and Sabie in Mpumalanga, and Swartberg Nature Reserve in the Western Cape.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
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