Zelotes qwabergensis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Harrismith Dark Ground Spider
Female
Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zelotes
Species:
Z. qwabergensis
Binomial name
Zelotes qwabergensis

Zelotes qwabergensis is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[2] It is commonly known as Harrismith dark ground spider and is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Zelotes qwabergensis is known from two provinces in South Africa, Free State (Harrismith) and KwaZulu-Natal (Wakefield Farm).[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits the Grassland biome at an altitude of 1,713 m above sea level. Flat-bellied ground spiders are nocturnal hunters that make silk sacs under stones and surface debris where they live during the day, while moulting and during prolonged periods of inactivity.[3]

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