Evarcha werneri

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Evarcha werneri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Evarcha
Species:
E. werneri
Binomial name
Evarcha werneri
(Simon, 1895) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Stenaelurillus werneriSimon, 1906
  • Evarcha elegans Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000

Evarcha werneri is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. [1] It is found in Guinea, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, and South Africa and is commonly known as Werner's Evarcha jumping spider. [2]

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Distribution

Evarcha werneri is found in Guinea, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, and South Africa. [1] [3]

In South Africa, it is known from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. [2]

Habitat and ecology

Specimens were sampled from pitfall traps and sweeping grass in the Savanna Biome at altitudes ranging from 16 to 1360 m. [2]

Description

Conservation

Evarcha werneri is protected in Ndumo Game Reserve and Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa. [2]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described as Stenaelurillus werneri from Sudan in 1906. [4] It was transferred to Evarcha by Logunov and Azarkina in 2018, with Evarcha elegans being synonymized. [5] Both sexes are known. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  2. 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 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 38. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15266589. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2000). "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13 (1): 11–127. Bibcode:2000TrZoo..13...11W. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126.
  4. ↑ Simon, E. (1906). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr F. Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. VII. Araneida". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien. 115: 1159–1176.
  5. ↑ Logunov, D.V.; Azarkina, G.N. (2018). "Redefinition and partial revision of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (430): 1–126. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.430 .
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