Arctosa albida

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Cape Arctosa Wolf Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Arctosa
Species:
A. albida
Binomial name
Arctosa albida
(Simon, 1898)
Synonyms [1]
  • Leaena albidaSimon, 1898

Arctosa albida is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Cape Arctosa wolf spider. [2]

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Distribution

Arctosa albida is known only from the Western Cape province, with the type locality given as "Capland". [2]

Description

Conservation

Arctosa albida is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Additional sampling is needed to collect the male and determine the species' range. [2]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1898 as Leaena albida. Roewer revised the species in 1960. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Arctosa albida (Simon, 1898)". World Spider Catalog. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 24. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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