Galeosoma crinitum
| Galeosoma crinitum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Galeosoma |
| Species: | G. crinitum
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| Binomial name | |
| Galeosoma crinitum Hewitt, 1919[1]
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Galeosoma crinitum is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Distribution
Galeosoma crinitum is recorded only from Potchefstroom in the North West Province.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species constructs silk-lined burrows in soil with the entrance closed by a wafer-type trapdoor. It inhabits the Grassland biome at an altitude of 1,349 m above sea level.[3]
Description
Galeosoma crinitum is known only from females. The upper surface of the shield is broadly oval and strongly curved from side to side, but less so from front to back. The marginal surface is deepest in front and most reduced laterally, with a marginal ridge in the posterior half of the shield. The secondary marginal surface is not continued anteriorly. The shield bears long hairs rather sparsely distributed on the upper surface.[3]
Conservation
Galeosoma crinitum is listed as Data Deficient due to taxonomic reasons, as too little is known about the distribution and threats to this taxon for an assessment to be made. The placement of the male is also problematic.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by John Hewitt in 1919 as a variety of G. robertsi from Venterskroon, but was later elevated to species level in 1935. The species has not been revised.[3]
References
- ^ Hewitt, J. (1919). "Descriptions of new South African Araneae and Solifugae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6: 63–111.
- ^ "Galeosoma crinitum Hewitt, 1919". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Idiopidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 16. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324502. Retrieved 22 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.