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Trabea purcelli
Trabea purcelli is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the common Trabea wolf spider.
From the article Trabea purcelli on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Trabea purcelli is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa. In South Africa, it was sampled from all provinces at altitudes ranging from 52 to 2985 m.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Trabea purcelli is a free-running ground dweller sampled from the Grassland, Fynbos, Nama Karoo, and Savanna biomes. It has also been sampled in pistachio orchards.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
In human culture
The species is named after William Frederick Purcell, who originally described it as Trabaea lineata in 1903. The name was replaced by Roewer in 1951 because the original name was preoccupied.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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 693764.