Haplodrassus stationis
| Haplodrassus stationis | |
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| Female | |
| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Haplodrassus |
| Species: | H. stationis
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| Binomial name | |
| Haplodrassus stationis (Tucker, 1923)
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| Synonyms | |
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Haplodrassus stationis is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[1] It is endemic to South Africa.[2]
Distribution
Haplodrassus stationis is found across eight provinces of South Africa: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, and Western Cape.[2]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a free-living ground dweller that inhabits the Fynbos, Grassland, Nama Karoo, and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 54 to 2,272 m above sea level. It has also been collected from cabbage fields.[2]
Description
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female
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male
Haplodrassus stationis is known from both sexes, though the female is undescribed as of 2025.[2]
Conservation
Haplodrassus stationis is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range, despite being known primarily from one sex. The species is protected in more than ten protected areas.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by R.W.E. Tucker in 1923 as Drassodes stationis from Hout Bay in the Western Cape. In 2025, Yuri M. Marusik and Charles R. Haddad transferred the species to the genus Haplodrassus.[3]
References
- ^ "Haplodrassus stationis (Tucker, 1923)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. part 1 (A-D). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 73. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7197174. Retrieved 22 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Marusik, Y.M.; Haddad, C.R. (2025). "On the placement and affiliations of the Drassodes species described from sub-Saharan Africa (Aranei: Gnaphosidae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 34 (1): 77–85. doi:10.15298/arthsel.34.1.07.