Haplodrassus tesselatus
| Haplodrassus tesselatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Haplodrassus |
| Species: | H. tesselatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Haplodrassus tesselatus (Purcell, 1907)
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Haplodrassus tesselatus is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[1] It is endemic to South Africa.[2]
Distribution
Haplodrassus tesselatus is found in three provinces of South Africa, Eastern Cape, Free State, and Northern Cape.[2]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a free-living ground dweller that inhabits the Grassland biome at altitudes ranging from 1,242 to 1,462 m above sea level.[2]
Description
Haplodrassus tesselatus is known from both sexes.[2]
Conservation
Haplodrassus tesselatus is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Although requiring taxonomic revision, current records are from an area that is not heavily transformed and the species is likely under-sampled.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by W. F. Purcell in 1907 as Drassodes tesselatus from Hanover. In 2025, Yuri M. Marusik and Charles R. Haddad transferred the species to the genus Haplodrassus.[3]
References
- ^ "Haplodrassus tesselatus (Purcell, 1907)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. part 1 (A-D). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 74. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7197174. Retrieved 22 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Marusik, Y.M.; Haddad, C.R. (2025). "On the placement and affiliations of the Drassodes species described from sub-Saharan Africa (Aranei: Gnaphosidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 34 (1): 77–85. doi:10.15298/arthsel.34.1.07.