Cyrba nigrimana

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Orange Cyrba Jumping Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cyrba
Species:
C. nigrimana
Binomial name
Cyrba nigrimana
Simon, 1900 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cyrba nigrimanusSimon, 1900

Cyrba nigrimana is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. [2] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as the orange Cyrba jumping spider. [3]

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Distribution

Cyrba nigrimana is found in Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. [2]

In South Africa, the species is known from Eastern Cape Province, Free State Province, Gauteng Province, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga Province and North West Province. [3]

Habitat and ecology

Usually collected from under logs and rocks. It was sampled from pitfall traps and litter sifting from the Fynbos, Grassland, Savanna and Thicket biomes, Ground-dwelling salticid at altitudes ranging from 7 to 1,730 m. Also recorded in maize fields. [3]

Description

Taxonomy

Cyrba nigrimana was redescribed by Azarkina & Logunov in 2010 and by Haddad & Wesołowska in 2011. [4] [5]

Conservation

Cyrba nigrimana is listed as Least Concern due to its wide distribution. [3] In South Africa, it is protected in more than 10 protected areas including Addo Elephant National Park, Ndumo Game Reserve, Blouberg Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park. There are no known threats to the species. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Simon, E. (1900). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 44: 381–407.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cyrba nigrimana Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-Den). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 50. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Azarkina, G.N.; Logunov, D.V. (2010). "New data on the jumping spiders of the subfamily Spartaeinae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Africa". African Invertebrates. 51 (1): 163–182. Bibcode:2010AfrIn..51..163A. doi: 10.5733/afin.051.0103 .
  5. ↑ Haddad, C.R.; Wesołowska, W. (2011). "New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from central South Africa". African Invertebrates. 52 (1): 51–134. Bibcode:2011AfrIn..52...51H. doi: 10.5733/afin.052.0105 .
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