Afraflacilla histrionica
| Cape Afraflacilla Jumping Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Afraflacilla |
| Species: | A. histrionica
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| Binomial name | |
| Afraflacilla histrionica | |
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Afraflacilla histrionica is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Cape Afraflacilla jumping spider.[3]
Distribution
Afraflacilla histrionica is found only in South Africa,[2] where it is known only from the type locality, given as Cape Colony with no exact locality specified.[3]
Description
Habitat and ecology
The habitat of this species is unknown.[3]
Conservation
The species is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons. Threats to the species are unknown but additional sampling is needed as the status of the species remains obscure.[3]
Taxonomy
Afraflacilla histrionica was originally described as Pseudicius histrionicus by Eugène Simon in 1902, with the type locality given only as Cape Colony.[1] The species is known only from the female and was transferred to Afraflacilla by Prószyński in 2017.[4]
References
- ^ a b Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 46: 24–56, 363–406.
- ^ a b c "Afraflacilla histrionica (Simon, 1902)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-Den). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 12. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Prószyński, J. (2017). "Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 12: 1–133. doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1.