Cydrela unguiculata is a species of spider in the family Zodariidae.[2] It is the type species of the genus Cydrela and is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, where it is commonly known as the Natal Burrowing Zodariid Spider.[3]
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Male Cydrela unguiculata have a distinctive appearance with a cephalothorax that is much narrower in front than behind. The color is a dark shining chestnut-brown with very few fine hairs and bristles. The legs are dark yellowish-brown tinged with olive green, with the femora and undersides of the tibiae being the darkest.
The opisthosoma is oval and very convex above, clothed sparingly with hairs. The sides and underside are nearly black, while almost the whole upper side is occupied by a broad pale orange-yellow band that is somewhat indented or irregular on its outer margins.[1]
Conservation
The species is listed as Data Deficient because the female remains unknown and more sampling is needed to collect females and determine the species' true range.[3]
References
1 2 Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 38 (3): 728–747. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1870.tb00467.x.
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