Zelotes aridus
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| Laingsburg Dark Ground Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Zelotes |
| Species: | Z. aridus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zelotes aridus (Purcell, 1907)[1] | |
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Zelotes aridus is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[2] It is commonly known as the Laingsburg dark ground spider.[3]
Zelotes aridus is an African species distributed across Tanzania, Namibia, and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, the species is possibly undersampled and presently recorded from Limpopo and Western Cape, at altitudes ranging from 648 to 1,645 m above sea level.[3]
Notable locations include the type locality of Laingsburg in the Western Cape and Karoo National Park.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Nama Karoo and Savanna biomes. These are free-running ground spiders that are found under stones during the day.[3]
