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Geolycosa nolotthensis
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Geolycosa nolotthensis is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[2] It is found in Namibia and South Africa, and is commonly known as the arid Geolycosa wolf spider.[3]
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Distribution
Geolycosa nolotthensis is found in Namibia and the Northern Cape province of South Africa.[3]
In South Africa, it has been recorded from Kamaggas and Port Nolloth.[3]
Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-running ground dweller sampled from the Succulent Karoo biome at an altitude of 231 m.[3]
Description
Geolycosa nolotthensis is known from both sexes.[3]
The cephalothorax has a blackish eye field with washed-out yellowish submarginal bands that show four white hair spots when dry. It has a pale yellow, whitish hairy median band at front and rear that is tapered and spindle-shaped, showing two pale dark long streaks in front of the striae.[4]
The abdomen is dorsally blackish, with a median, pale hairy, black-trimmed lancet band in front. Behind this are four slightly dark median angular spots accompanied on each side by a row of four white hair spots visible only when dry. Ventrally, the sternum is uniformly black, with coxae lighter brown and remaining leg segments whitish hairy, though the posterior metatarsi and tarsi are darkened.[4]
Conservation
The species remains undersampled with a limited known range. More sampling is needed to determine the full geographic range.[3]
Etymology
The species is named after Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape, where the type specimen was collected.
References
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