Prasonica nigrotaeniata
| Prasonica nigrotaeniata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Prasonica |
| Species: | P. nigrotaeniata
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| Binomial name | |
| Prasonica nigrotaeniata | |
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Prasonica nigrotaeniata is an African species of spider in the family Araneidae.[2]
Distribution
Prasonica nigrotaeniata has a wide distribution throughout West, Central, and East Africa, as well as South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it has been recorded from four provinces: Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits altitudes ranging from 526 to 1,444 m above sea level and has been sampled from the Grassland and Savanna biomes.[3] Prasonica nigrotaeniata constructs orb webs in low vegetation. When not active, the spider weaves a silk retreat below a leaf.[3]
Description
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female
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female
Conservation
Prasonica nigrotaeniata is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range throughout Africa.[3] The species is protected in the Pretoria National Botanical Garden.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1909 as Mangora nigrotaeniata from Kenya.[3] It was later revised by Grasshoff in 1971, who transferred it to the genus Prasonica and synonymized Mangora spillmanni and Zilla spillmanni with this species.[2] The species is known only from females.[3]
References
- ^ Simon, E. (1909). "Arachnides. Première partie. In: Voyage de M. Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et dans l'Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1906)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 53: 40. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21868.
- ^ a b c "Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N.; Webb, P. (2022). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 47. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326991. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.