Miagrammopes longicaudus
| Long-tailed Single-Line Web Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Uloboridae |
| Genus: | Miagrammopes |
| Species: | M. longicaudus
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| Binomial name | |
| Miagrammopes longicaudus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Miagrammopes longicaudus is a species of spider in the family Uloboridae.[2] It is a southern African endemic commonly known as the long-tailed single-line web spider.[3]
Distribution
Miagrammopes longicaudus is found only in South Africa.[2] The species is known only from the type locality given as Caffraria. Caffraria was a name given first to southern Africa, then to Xhosaland (the area between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers) and subsequently to the Eastern Cape Province, but no exact locality is known.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The habitat and ecology of this species are unknown.[3]
Description
Conservation
Miagrammopes longicaudus is listed as Data Deficient by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to the lack of data on the species. Types need to be re-examined and redescribed, and more sampling is needed.[3]
Taxonomy
Miagrammopes longicaudus was described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882 from Caffraria. The species has not been revised and is known from both sexes but poorly described.[3]
References
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882). "On new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 50 (3): 423–442. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x.
- ^ a b c "Miagrammopes longicaudus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882". 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 Uloboridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 13. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162209. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.