Clubiona sigillata

Clubiona sigillata is a species of spider in the family Clubionidae. It is endemic to South Africa, originally described from Pietermaritzburg.^[2]

Pietermaritzburg Short Legged Sac Spider
Conservation status
Least Concern (SANBI Red List)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Clubionidae
Genus:	Clubiona
Species:	C. sigillata
Binomial name
Clubiona sigillata Lawrence, 1952[1]

Distribution

Clubiona sigillata is known from three provinces in South Africa at elevations ranging from 33 to 1706 m. It has been recorded from the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal.^[3]

Habitat

The species is a free-living plant dweller found in the Forest, Grassland, Nama Karoo, Savanna and Thicket biomes. It inhabits diverse vegetation types across its range.^[3]

Conservation

The species is listed as Least Concern. Although threatened by habitat loss due to urbanization and agricultural activities in parts of its range and known only from males, it has a wide geographical range. It is protected in Cwebe Nature Reserve, Mountain Zebra National Park and Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve.^[3]