Clubiona subtrivialis

Ethiopian Short-Legged Sac Spider
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Clubionidae
Genus: Clubiona
Species:
C. subtrivialis
Binomial name
Clubiona subtrivialis
Strand, 1906[1]

Clubiona subtrivialis is a species of spider in the family Clubionidae. It is an African endemic originally described from Ethiopia and known from East Africa and South Africa.[2]

Distribution

In South Africa, Clubiona subtrivialis is recorded from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.[3]

Habitat

The species is a free-living plant dweller found in the Grassland and Savanna biomes at elevations ranging from 864 to 1186 m.[3]

Description

Conservation

The species is listed as Least Concern due to its wide global distribution range and the fact that it is not suspected to be declining. It is protected in Ben Lavin Nature Reserve and Ngome State Forest.[3]

References

  1. ^ Strand, E. (1906). "Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 30: 604–637, 655–690.
  2. ^ "Clubiona subtrivialis Strand, 1906". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Clubionidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. Irene. pp. 1–32. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6622971. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.