Dendryphantes silvestris

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Hogsback Dendryphantes Jumping Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Dendryphantes
Species:
D. silvestris
Binomial name
Dendryphantes silvestris

Dendryphantes silvestris is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Hogsback Dendryphantes jumping spider. [3]

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Distribution

Dendryphantes silvestris is found only in South Africa, [2] where it has been recorded from Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal. Notable locations include Hogsback in the Amatola Mountains, Katberg State Forest, Fort Fordyce Forest Reserve, Mkhuze Game Reserve, and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. [3]

Habitat and ecology

Dendryphantes silvestris inhabits the Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Grassland, and Forest biomes at altitudes ranging from 21 to 2,826 m. The species has been collected from yellowwood trees and mixed tree canopies by fogging in indigenous Afromontane forests invaded by exotic species at Hogsback and undisturbed forest at Katberg. Single specimens were collected by beating shrubs in Afromontane forest and by fogging a tree in coastal forest. [3]

Description

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Conservation

Dendryphantes silvestris is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range. There are no significant threats to the species. It is protected in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Fort Fordyce Forest Reserve, Mkhuze Game Reserve, and Katberg State Forest. [3]

Etymology

The species name silvestris is Latin meaning "of the forest", referring to its forest habitat.

Taxonomy

Dendryphantes silvestris was originally described by Wanda Wesołowska and Charles R. Haddad in 2013 from Hogsback in the Eastern Cape. Both sexes are known. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C.R. (2013). "New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". African Invertebrates. 54 (1): 177–240. doi: 10.5733/afin.054.0111 .
  2. 1 2 "Dendryphantes silvestris Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013". 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. 60. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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