Clubiona sigillata
| Pietermaritzburg Short Legged Sac Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Clubionidae |
| Genus: | Clubiona |
| Species: | C. sigillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Clubiona sigillata Lawrence, 1952[1]
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Clubiona sigillata is a species of spider in the family Clubionidae. It is endemic to South Africa, originally described from Pietermaritzburg.[2]
Distribution
Clubiona sigillata is known from three provinces in South Africa at elevations ranging from 33 to 1706 m. It has been recorded from the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal.[3]
Habitat
The species is a free-living plant dweller found in the Forest, Grassland, Nama Karoo, Savanna and Thicket biomes. It inhabits diverse vegetation types across its range.[3]
Conservation
The species is listed as Least Concern. Although threatened by habitat loss due to urbanization and agricultural activities in parts of its range and known only from males, it has a wide geographical range. It is protected in Cwebe Nature Reserve, Mountain Zebra National Park and Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve.[3]
References
- ^ Lawrence, R. F. (1952). "New spiders from the eastern half of South Africa". Annals of the Natal Museum. 12: 183–226.
- ^ "Clubiona sigillata Lawrence, 1952". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ a b c Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Clubionidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. Irene. pp. 1–32. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6622971. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.