Hypsosinga pygmaea
| Spotted False Pajama Spider | |
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| female from South Africa | |
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| male from South Africa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Hypsosinga |
| Species: | H. pygmaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea | |
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Hypsosinga pygmaea is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae, found in North America, Eurasia and southern Africa.[2] It is commonly known as the spotted false pajama spider.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Hypsosinga pygmaea is widespread and known from North America, Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan and South Africa.[3]
In South Africa, the species is known from four provinces across a moderate range at altitudes from 47 to 1,471 m above sea level. The South African distribution includes Mpumalanga, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. Notable localities include Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, Nelspruit, Irene, Ezemvelo Nature Reserve, Roodeplaatdam Nature Reserve, and Ndumo Game Reserve.[3]
Habitat and ecology
[edit | edit source]Hypsosinga pygmaea constructs a complete orb-web probably sometimes with a retreat. The species is sampled mainly by sweep-netting grasses and herbs from the Grassland and Savanna biomes.[3]
Description
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female from Japan
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female from Japan
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male from Japan
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Conservation
[edit | edit source]Hypsosinga pygmaea is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide global range.[3] The species is protected in several reserves including Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, Ezemvelo Nature Reserve, Roodeplaatdam Nature Reserve, Ndumo Game Reserve, and Blouberg Nature Reserve. No conservation actions are recommended.[3]
Taxonomy
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female (Becker, 1882)
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male (Becker, 1882)
The species is known from both sexes.[3]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]These three subspecies belong to the species Hypsosinga pygmaea:
- H. p. pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831)
- H. p. nigra (Simon, 1909)
- H. p. nigriceps (Kulczynski, 1903)
References
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