Iranattus principalis
| Iranattus principalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Iranattus |
| Species: | I. principalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Iranattus principalis (Wesołowska, 2000)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Iranattus principalis is an African species of spider in the family Salticidae.[2]
Distribution
Iranattus principalis is distributed across Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
In South Africa, the species is known from Limpopo.[3]
Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-living wanderer sampled with pitfall traps in the Savanna Biome at altitudes ranging from 605 to 894 m. It is confined to savannah habitats in the Ivory Coast, where it was collected on the branches of shrubs.[3][4]
Description
Conservation
Iranattus principalis is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range. The species is protected in Blouberg Nature Reserve.[3]
Taxonomy
Iranattus principalis was originally described in 2000 as Monomotapa principalis from Zimbabwe.[1] The species was transferred to Iranattus by Prószyński in 2017.[5]
Iranattus and Monomotapa were previously monotypic genera.[2]
References
- ^ a b Wesołowska, W. (2000). "New and little known species of jumping spiders from Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae)". Arnoldia Zimbabwe. 10: 145–174.
- ^ a b c d "Iranattus principalis (Wesołowska, 2000)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Walt, V. van der; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 71. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Wesołowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2022). "Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J.-C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (841): 1–143. Bibcode:2022EJTax.841.1943W. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943.
- ^ Prószyński, J. (2017). "Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 12: 1–133. doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1.