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Africactenus tridentatus
Africactenus tridentatus is a species of spider in the family Ctenidae. It is endemic to southern Africa and is commonly known as the Africa Ctenus tropical wolf spider.
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Description
Africactenus tridentatus is known only from males. It belongs to the genus Africactenus, which is characterized by a deep dorsal indentation on the carapace, well-developed hair tufts on the dorsum of the opisthosoma, and the absence of terminal pairs of spines on tibiae I and II.
Range & habitat
Africactenus tridentatus is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa. In South Africa, the species has been recorded from two provinces: the Eastern Cape (including Jeffreys Bay and Addo Elephant National Park) and Mpumalanga (White River).
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species is a free-running ground dweller known from the Savanna and Fynbos biomes, at altitudes ranging from 16 to 874 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 647601.