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Diphya simoni
Diphya simoni is a species of spider in the family Tetragnathidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Simon's Diphya web spider.
From the article Diphya simoni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The abdomen is stout and rounded, pale to dark with a pattern. The legs are long and slender with the front legs longer than the others. The species can be recognized by an anterior row of stiff inflexible setae on the tibia and metatarsi I and II. The male palp features a spine-like cymbial outgrowth.
Range & habitat
Diphya simoni is found across five South African provinces: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West, and Western Cape. The species has been recorded from numerous locations including Kruger National Park, Table Mountain National Park, and various sites along the Eastern Cape coast.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species inhabits Grassland and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 418 to 2,826 m. Specimens have been collected low in grasses using sweep nets. A photograph documented D. simoni constructing a small vertical orb-web in dead wood at Klapmuts in the Western Cape.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 662467.