Estcourt Long-legged Spider | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Cheiracanthiidae |
Genus: | Cheiramiona |
Species: | C. hlathikulu |
Binomial name | |
Cheiramiona hlathikulu Lotz, 2015 |
Cheiramiona hlathikulu is a species of spider in the family Cheiracanthiidae. [1] It is a South African KwaZulu-Natal endemic known only from the type locality Hlathikulu forest near Estcourt. [2]
The species is found at 418 m above sea level. [2]
This species is a free-living plant dweller collected at the base of grass tussocks in a forest-grassland ecotone in the Savanna Biome. [2]
The species is listed as Data Deficient because more sampling is needed to collect females and determine its full range. [2]