Bowie corniger
| Bowie corniger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenidae |
| Genus: | Bowie |
| Species: | B. corniger
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| Binomial name | |
| Bowie corniger (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898)[1]
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Bowie corniger is a species of spider in the family Ctenidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Etymology
The species name corniger means "horn-bearing" in Latin, likely referring to morphological features of the species.
Distribution
Bowie corniger is found only in South Africa, specifically in KwaZulu-Natal province, though no exact locality is known.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a free-running ground dweller.[3]
Description
Bowie corniger is known only from males. Although drawings were provided by Benoit in 1979, species identification remains problematic.[3]
Conservation
Bowie corniger is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons. Too little is known about the location, habitat and threats of this taxon for a proper assessment to be made. More sampling is needed as well as redescription of type material.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1898 from Natal. In 2022, it was transferred from the genus Ctenus to the newly erected genus Bowie by Jäger.[4] It was revised by Pierre Benoit in 1979.[5]
References
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F.O. (1898). "On the cteniform spiders of Africa, Arabia and Syria". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 66 (1): 13–32. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb03126.x.
- ^ "Bowie corniger (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2022). The Ctenidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 10. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6090166. Retrieved 21 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Jäger, P. (2022). "Bowie gen. nov., a diverse lineage of ground-dwelling spiders occurring from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia (Araneae: Ctenidae: Cteninae)". Zootaxa. 5170 (1): 1–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5170.1.1.
- ^ Benoit, P.L.G. (1979). "Etudes sur les Ctenidae africains (Araneae) VIII. Gen. Ctenus Walck.-groupe abditus". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 93 (2): 425–444.