Maypacius bilineatus
| Maypacius bilineatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Maypacius |
| Species: | M. bilineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Maypacius bilineatus (Pavesi, 1895)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Maypacius bilineatus is an African spider species in the family Pisauridae.[2]
Distribution
Maypacius bilineatus has been recorded from Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, and Madagascar.[3]
In South Africa, the species has been sampled from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species makes sheet-webs in vegetation and is active at night.[3]
It has been sampled from the Forest, Grassland, and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 47 to 1310 m.[3]
Description
Conservation
Maypacius bilineatus is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range. The species is protected in Polokwane Nature Reserve, Nylsvley Nature Reserve, and Mkambathi Nature Reserve. There are no significant threats to the species.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by Pavesi in 1895 as Tetragonophthalma bilineatus from Ethiopia.[1] It was transferred to Maypacius by Simon in 1906.[4] The species was revised by Blandin in 1975 and is known from both sexes.[5]
References
- ^ a b Pavesi, P. (1895). "Esplorazione del Guiba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. Bottego. XVIII. Aracnidi". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 35: 491–537.
- ^ "Maypacius bilineatus (Pavesi, 1895)". 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. (2020). The Pisauridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 36. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157775. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Simon, E. (1906). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr F. Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. VII. Araneida". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien. 115: 1159–1176.
- ^ Blandin, P. (1975). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines III. Les espèces des genres Perenethis L. Koch, 1878 et Maypacius Simon, 1898 (Araneae - Pisauridae - Pisaurinae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 89 (2): 376–393.