Cembalea heteropogon

Namibia Cembalea Jumping Spider
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cembalea
Species:
C. heteropogon
Binomial name
Cembalea heteropogon
(Simon, 1910)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Neaetha heteropogon Simon, 1910
  • Naetha heteropogon Próchniewicz, 1989

Cembalea heteropogon is a species of spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as the Namibia Cembalea jumping spider.[3]

Distribution

Cembalea heteropogon is found in Namibia and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is recorded from the Northern Cape Province.[3]

Habitat and ecology

C. heteropogon are free-living ground-dwellers. They have been sampled from pistachio orchards in the Nama Karoo Biome at altitudes ranging from 95 to 950 m. Specimens sampled in the Desert Biome were collected from under rocks and in leaf litter.[3]

Description

See also: Glossary of spider terms

Taxonomy

Cembalea heteropogon was originally described in 1910 as Neaetha heteropogon from Possession Island, Namibia.[1] It was transferred to Cembalea by Logunov in 1996 and redescribed by Wesołowska in 2006.[4][5]

Conservation

Cembalea heteropogon is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range. In South Africa, it is protected in the Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park. There are no significant threats to the species.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Simon, E. (1910). Schultze, L. (ed.). "Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie". Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 16: 175–218.
  2. ^ a b c "Cembalea heteropogon (Simon, 1910)". World Spider Catalog. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. ^ 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. 41. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ^ Logunov, D.V. (1996). "Taxonomic remarks on the genera Neaetha Simon, 1884 and Cembalea Wesolowska, 1993 (Araneae: Salticidae)". Genus. 7 (3): 515–532.
  5. ^ Wesołowska, W. (2006). "Jumping spiders from the Brandberg massif in Namibia (Araneae: Salticidae)". African Entomology. 14: 225–256.
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