Aelurillus cristatopalpus

Aelurillus cristatopalpus
Female
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Aelurillus
Species:
A. cristatopalpus
Binomial name
Aelurillus cristatopalpus
Simon, 1902[1]

Aelurillus cristatopalpus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Distribution

Aelurillus cristatopalpus is found only in South Africa, where it has been recorded from Limpopo, North West, and Northern Cape provinces.[3] Specific localities include Hoedspruit in Limpopo, Vryburg in North West, and Augrabies Falls National Park and Tswalu Game Reserve in the Northern Cape.[3]

Habitat and ecology

Aelurillus cristatopalpus is a ground-dwelling species sampled from pitfall traps in the Savanna Biome at altitudes ranging from 1155 to 1205 m.[3]

Description

See also: Glossary of spider terms
  • female
  • female

Conservation

The species is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. It is protected in Tswalu Game Reserve and Augrabies Falls National Park.[3] Additional sampling is needed to collect female specimens and determine the full extent of the species' range.[3]

Taxonomy

Aelurillus cristatopalpus was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1902 from Vryburg in the North West.[1] Both sexes were described in the original description, but according to Clark, the female type is immature.[4] The species has not been revised since its original description.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 46: 24–56, 363–406.
  2. ^ "Aelurillus cristatopalpus Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-Den). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 6. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ^ Clark, D.J. (1974). "Notes on Simon's types of African Salticidae". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 3 (1): 11–27.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.