Cambalida fulvipes
| Common Cambalida Dark Sac Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Cambalida |
| Species: | C. fulvipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambalida fulvipes | |
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Cambalida fulvipes is a species of spider in the family Corinnidae.[2] It is widely distributed throughout the Afrotropical Region and is commonly known as Common Cambalida dark sac spider.[3]
Distribution
Cambalida fulvipes is widely distributed throughout the Afrotropical Region. In South Africa, it is known from all nine provinces at altitudes ranging from 16 to 1,722 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a free-living ground-dweller that occupies the greatest range of habitats among Cambalida species, including tropical and temperate forests and the Savanna, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Nama Karoo and Fynbos biomes. The species has also been sampled from maize fields and pistachio orchards.[3]
Description
Cambalida fulvipes is known from both sexes and was redescribed by Haddad in 2012.[3]
Conservation
Cambalida fulvipes is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range. The species is protected in several protected areas including De Hoop Nature Reserve, Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve and the Amanzi Private Game Reserve.[3]
Taxonomy
Cambalida fulvipes was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1896 from Gauteng, South Africa as Castaneira fulvipes. The species was transferred to Cambalida by Haddad in 2012, who synonymized Castianeira depygata and C. mestrali with this species.[4]
References
- ^ Simon, E. (1896). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Clubionidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 40 (9): 400–422. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2026.
- ^ "Cambalida fulvipes (Simon, 1896)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Haddad, C.R.; Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2023). The Corinnidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 15–16. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8300753. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Haddad, C.R. (2012). "A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Cambalida Simon, 1909 (Araneae, Corinnidae)". ZooKeys (234): 67–119. Bibcode:2012ZooK..234...67H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.234.3417. PMC 3496914.