Belippo calcarata
| Bioko Belippo Jumping Spider | |
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| female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Belippo |
| Species: | B. calcarata
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| Binomial name | |
| Belippo calcarata | |
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Belippo calcarata is a species of spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the Bioko Belippo jumping spider.[3]
Distribution
Belippo calcarata is found in Angola, Bioko, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is found in KwaZulu-Natal Province and Limpopo Province.[3]
Habitat and ecology
B. calcarata is a ground-dwelling species collected from leaf litter at altitudes ranging from 88 to 1,045 m. It has been sampled from forested areas and woodlands.[3]
Description
Taxonomy
Belippo calcarata was originally described by Roewer in 1942 as Myrmarachne calcarata from Bioko.[1] It was transferred to Belippo and redescribed by Wanless in 1978.[4]
Conservation
Belippo calcarata is listed as Least Concern due to its wide global range across several African countries.[3] In South Africa, it is protected in Ithala Game Reserve, Tembe Elephant Park and Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve. There are no significant threats to the species.[3]
References
- ^ a b Roewer, C.F. (1942). "Opiliones, Pedipalpi und Araneae von Fernando Poo". Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial- und Übersee-Museum Bremen. 3: 244–258.
- ^ a b c "Belippo calcarata (Roewer, 1942)". 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.; 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. 32. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Wanless, F.R. (1978). "A revision of the spider genera Belippo and Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Ethiopian region". Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 33 (1): 1–139. doi:10.5962/p.28732.