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White-eye Sheetwebber
Euprosthenopsis armata
Euprosthenopsis armata is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. It is found across several African countries and is commonly known as the Euprosthenopsis nursery-web spider.
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Range & habitat
Euprosthenopsis armata has a distribution across Africa. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Eswatini, and South Africa. In South Africa, it has been recorded from four provinces at altitudes ranging from 159 to 1,663 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
These sheet-web pisaurids construct their webs in bushes but occasionally also between grass tussocks. They run on top of the sheet-web. The species has been sampled from the Grassland and Savanna biomes.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
In human culture
The species name armata is Latin meaning "armed", likely referring to some morphological feature of the species.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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 665774.