Hygropoda tangana

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Green nursery-web spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Hygropoda
Species:
H. tangana
Binomial name
Hygropoda tangana
(Roewer, 1955) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cispius tanganusRoewer, 1955

Hygropoda tangana is a spider species in the family Pisauridae. [2] The species is commonly known as the green nursery-web spider. [3]

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Distribution

Hygropoda tangana has been recorded from Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa. [2] In South Africa, the species is known from Eastern Cape. [3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits the Savanna and Grassland biomes at altitudes ranging from 1 to 860 m. Specimens have been sampled from foliage, where they live as free-living plant dwellers. [3]

Description

Conservation

Hygropoda tangana is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range in Africa. In South Africa, the species has been recorded from Mkhambathi Nature Reserve. There are no significant threats to the species. [3]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Roewer in 1955 as Cispius tanganus from Tanga in East Africa. [1] It was transferred to the genus Hygropoda by Silva in 2013. [4] The species is known from both sexes. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Roewer, C.F. (1955). "Araneae Lycosaeformia I. (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Pisauridae) mit Berücksichtigung aller Arten der äthiopischen Region". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte. 30: 1–420.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hygropoda tangana (Roewer, 1955)". 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.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Pisauridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 33. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157775. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Silva, E.L.C. da (2013). "The nursery-web spider Hygropoda tanganus (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Pisauridae); generic transfer, first description of the female and redescription of the male". Zootaxa. 3710: 289–296. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3710.3.7.
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