Pterartoria flavolimbata
| Banded-legged Pterartoria wolf spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Pterartoria |
| Species: | P. flavolimbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterartoria flavolimbata | |
Pterartoria flavolimbata is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the banded-legged Pterartoria wolf spider.[3]
Distribution
Pterartoria flavolimbata is found in South Africa.[2] It is endemic to the Western Cape province and recorded only from sand dunes in the Cape Peninsula dunes to north of Muizenberg. The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 4 to 479 m. Half of the specimens were sampled prior to 1903.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Pterartoria flavolimbata is a free-running ground spider recorded only from sand dunes in the Fynbos biome in the Cape Peninsula dunes to north of Muizenberg.[3]
Description
Conservation
Pterartoria flavolimbata is listed as Data Deficient by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Threats to the species are unknown but additional sampling is needed to determine the species' range.[3]
Taxonomy
Pterartoria flavolimbata was described by Purcell in 1903 from Hout Bay. The species was revised by Russell-Smith and Roberts in 2017 and is known from both sexes.[3]
References
- ^ Purcell, W.F. (1903). "New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae". Annals of the South African Museum. 3: 69–142.
- ^ a b "Pterartoria flavolimbata Purcell, 1903". 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 2 (L-Z). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 52. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324723. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.