Evippomma plumipes
| White Leg Evippomma Wolf Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Evippomma |
| Species: | E. plumipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Evippomma plumipes (Lessert, 1936)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Evippomma plumipes is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It occurs in East Africa and southern African countries and is commonly known as the white leg Evippomma wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
Evippomma plumipes has been recorded from East Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa.[1]
In South Africa, the species has been recorded from three provinces at elevations ranging from 17 to 1502 m.[2]
Habitat
The species is a free-running ground dweller sampled from the Grassland and Savanna biomes.[2]
Description
Conservation
Evippomma plumipes is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range.[2] It is protected in Kalkfontein Dam Nature Reserve and Ndumo Game Reserve.[2]
Taxonomy
Evippomma plumipes was originally described by Roger de Lessert in 1936 as Pseudevippa plumipes from Mozambique.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Evippomma plumipes (Lessert, 1936)". World Spider Catalog. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 39. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Lessert, R. de (1936). "Araignées de l'Afrique orientale portugaise, recueillies par MM. P. Lesne et B.-B. Cott". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 43: 207–306. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.144393.