Evarcha alba
| Pale Evarcha jumping spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Evarcha |
| Species: | E. alba
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| Binomial name | |
| Evarcha alba (Peckham & Peckham, 1903)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Evarcha alba is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa and is commonly known as the pale Evarcha jumping spider.[2]
Distribution
Evarcha alba is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa. In South Africa, it has been recorded from Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga.[2]
Habitat and ecology
Evarcha alba is a ground-dwelling species collected in pitfall traps in dense scrublands on the southern slope of a hillside in the Grassland Biome at altitudes of 414 m. It was also sampled from agroecosystems such as avocado and macadamia plantations.[2]
Description
Conservation
Evarcha alba receives some protection in the Amanzi Private Game Reserve and Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described as Viciria alba from Zimbabwe in 1903.[1] The female was redescribed by Lessert in 1925.[3] It was listed as Evacin alba by Prószyński and colleagues in 2018, although this classification has not been accepted.[4] The male remains undescribed.[2]
References
- ^ a b Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278.
- ^ a b c d e Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 28. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15266589. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Lessert, R. de (1925). "Araignées du sud de l'Afrique (suite)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 32: 323–365. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117932.
- ^ Prószyński, J. (2018). "Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 16: 130–179. doi:10.37828/em.2018.16.12.