Moggridgea pseudocrudeni
| Moggridgea pseudocrudeni | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Migidae |
| Genus: | Moggridgea |
| Species: | M. pseudocrudeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Moggridgea pseudocrudeni Hewitt, 1919[1]
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Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is a species of spider in the family Migidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Moggridgea pseudocrudeni has been recorded from two provinces in South Africa. In the Eastern Cape, it occurs at Alicedale, Committees, Dassie Klip on the Bushman's River, and Hell's Poort. It also occurs at Wydgeleë in the Western Cape.[3]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The species inhabits the Thicket and Fynbos biomes at altitudes ranging from 95 to 531 m above sea level.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is known from both sexes.[3]
Ecology
[edit | edit source]Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is a rupicolous trapdoor species that occupies and excavates small cylindrical cavities in earth or mud. Males were collected in February and females in February, March, and July.[3]
Conservation
[edit | edit source]Moggridgea pseudocrudeni is listed as Data Deficient. All specimens were collected between 1916 and 1935, and no recent records exist. Additional sampling is needed to determine the species' present range.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The species was originally described by John Hewitt in 1919 from Alicedale in the Eastern Cape and later revised by Charles E. Griswold in 1987. [4]
References
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