| Spotted Ibala Flat-bellied Ground Spider | |
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| male from South Africa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Ibala |
| Species: | I. bilinearis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ibala bilinearis | |
Ibala bilinearis is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae. [2] It is a southern African endemic species commonly known as the spotted Ibala flat-bellied ground spider. [3]
Ibala bilinearis is distributed across Botswana, Mozambique, and South Africa. [3] In South Africa, it is recorded from five provinces, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, and Western Cape, at altitudes ranging from 241 to 1,523 m above sea level. [3]
The species is a free-living ground dweller sampled from Nama Karoo, Savanna, and Thicket biomes as well as in agro-ecosystems including cotton fields and pistachio orchards. [3]
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Ibala bilinearis is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide range. [3] It is protected in more than 10 protected areas. [3]
The species was originally described by Tucker in 1923 from Hanover in the Northern Cape as Setaphis bilinearis. [1] It was revised by Fitzpatrick (2009). [3]
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