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Afrarchaea royalensis
Afrarchaea royalensis is a species of spider of the genus Afrarchaea. It is endemic to South Africa.
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Description
Afrarchaea royalensis exhibits the characteristic features of the genus, including a greatly elevated cephalic region and elongated chelicerae. Currently, only females are known; the male remains undescribed.
Range & habitat
Afrarchaea royalensis is known only from Bergville in the Royal National Park, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. The species has an extremely restricted range of only 4 km², at an elevation of 1,703 metres above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
The species name royalensis refers to its type locality in the Royal National Park near Bergville.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 647585.