New records of Cladomelea from South Africa, including the first records of C. longipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Araneae, Araneidae) outside its type locality

2019/12/04 by Anna Sophia Dippenaar-Schoeman, Stefan H. Foord · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy #Type locality #Geography #Spider #Locality #Range (aeronautics) #Archaeology #Ecology #Zoology #Biology #Taxonomy (biology)

paper · pdf · doi:10.15560/15.6.1071

published in Check List 15(5), 1071-1075 (Pensoft Publishers)

openalex publication_date 2019/12/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

We present the first records of the bolas spider, Cladomelea longipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877), beyond its type locality, resulting in a considerable extension of its geographic range in Africa. We compare C. longipes with the two other species of Cladomelea known from South Africa, C. akermani Hewitt, 1923 and C. debeeri Roff & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2004. Images of live specimens and a distribution map are provided. Cladomelea longipes is very rare locally but has a relatively large geographical distribution in the Afrotropical Region.

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• A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae)

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• Bolas spider [wikipedia]

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