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Afropisaura rothiformis
Afropisaura rothiformis is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa and is commonly known as the common Afropisaura grass nursery-web spider.
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Range & habitat
Afropisaura rothiformis has a wide distribution throughout Africa, including Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. In South Africa, it has been sampled from seven provinces. Localities include Mkambati Nature Reserve and Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape, Irene and Wonderboom in Gauteng, Ndumo Game Reserve and Tembe Elephant Park in KwaZulu-Natal, Blouberg Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park in Limpopo, Kruger National Park sites in Mpumalanga, Kgaswane Mountain Reserve in North West, and Cederberg Wilderness Area in the Western Cape.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species is a free-living nursery-web spider commonly found on vegetation at night. Their movements are erratic as they move swiftly in leaps or jumps. They are sampled with sweep nets and have been recorded from the Grassland, Savanna and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 1 to 1706 m.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 648195.