Euophrys uphami
| Upham's Euophrys Jumping Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Euophrys |
| Species: | E. uphami
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| Binomial name | |
| Euophrys uphami (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)[1]
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Euophrys uphami is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Upham's Euophrys jumping spider.[3]
Distribution
Euophrys uphami is found in South Africa,[2] where it is known from the Western Cape province. Locations include Newlands Forest in Cape Town, Wynberg Caves, Kalk Bay Mountains, and Wynberg.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Euophrys uphami inhabits the Fynbos biome at an altitude of 17 m above sea level.[3]
They are ground-dwellers and the type was sampled from a cave.[3]
Description
Conservation
Euophrys uphami is listed as Data Deficient by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Some more sampling is needed to collect the female and determine the species' range.[3]
Taxonomy
Euophrys uphami was originally described by G. W. Peckham and E. G. Peckham in 1903 as Sittacus uphamii, with the type locality given only as Cape Colony. The species was later placed in the genus Sitticus by Prószyński in 1976 and considered misplaced in that genus in 1987. Wesołowska transferred it to Euophrys in 2012. The species was redescribed by Wesołowska in 2012, with remarks from Prószyński, Lissner, and Schäfer in 2018.[4][5]
References
- ^ Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 214.
- ^ a b c "Euophrys uphami (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)". 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 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 19. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15266589. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Wesołowska, W. (2012). "Redescriptions of some salticid species (Araneae: Salticidae) from South Africa and Zimbabwe described by G. and E. Peckham". African Entomology. 20 (2): 326. doi:10.4001/003.020.0223.
- ^ Prószyński, J.; Lissner, J.; Schäfer, M. (2018). "Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol". Ecologica Montenegrina. 18: 38. doi:10.37828/em.2018.18.4.