| Hanover Vidole Hackled Band Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae |
| Genus: | Vidole |
| Species: | V. schreineri |
| Binomial name | |
| Vidole schreineri | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vidole schreineri is a species of spider in the family Phyxelididae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Hanover Vidole hackled band spider. [3]
Vidole schreineri is distributed across two South African provinces, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape. [3] The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 444 to 1,513 m above sea level.
This species inhabits the Grassland biome and drier regions. [3] Vidole schreineri is a ground retreat-web cryptic spider that lives in dark places. Label data suggests that it occurs in arid Karoo and Little Karoo vegetation. [3]
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Vidole schreineri is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. [3] It has a wide range and is protected in the Addo Elephant National Park and Mountain Zebra National Park. There are no significant threats to the species. [3]
The species was originally described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904 as Auximus schreineri from Hanover in the Northern Cape. [1] It was later transferred to the genus Vidole and revised by Griswold in 1990, who removed it from synonymy with Vidole capensis . [3] Vidole schreineri is known from both sexes. [3]
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