Xevioso zuluana

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Zululand Xevioso Hackled Band Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Xevioso
Species:
X. zuluana
Binomial name
Xevioso zuluana
(Lawrence, 1939) [1]
Synonyms
  • Haemilla zuluanaLawrence, 1939

Xevioso zuluana is a species of spider in the family Phyxelididae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Zululand Xevioso hackled band spider. [3]

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Distribution

Xevioso zuluana is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal, where it occurs in the Tugela River Valley at altitudes ranging from 82 to 1,153 m above sea level. Locations include Middledrift, Kranskop at Emakabeleni, and Mfongosi. [3]

Habitat and ecology

Xevioso zuluana inhabits the Savanna biome. These ground retreat-web cryptic spiders live in dark places. [3]

Description

Conservation

Xevioso zuluana is listed as Data Deficient. The species has been sampled from different localities in the Tugela River Valley, but most of the sampled material was collected prior to 1940. The status of the species remains obscure and more sampling is needed to determine the species' current range. The species is potentially threatened by agricultural activities in the Tugela River Valley. [3]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1939 as Haemilla zuluana with the type locality given only as Zululand. It was later revised by Griswold in 1990 and is known from both sexes. [1] [4] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Lawrence, R.F. (1939). "The genus Haemilla (Araneae)". Annals of the South African Museum. 32: 555–608.
  2. ↑ "Xevioso zuluana (Lawrence, 1939)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide: The Phyxelididae of South Africa 2021 version 1. p. 45. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5176739 . Retrieved 24 September 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Griswold, C.E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 196: 1–206.
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