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Idiops flaveolus
Idiops flaveolus is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae. It is endemic to South Africa.
From the article Idiops flaveolus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Idiops flaveolus is known from both sexes but has not been illustrated. The carapace and legs are orange-yellow-brown in colour and very sparingly furnished with hairs. The legs have a few fine spines. The abdomen is dark yellow-brown. The form of the cephalothorax is broadly but regularly oval, depressed above with fairly marked normal furrows and indentations. Total length is 19 mm.
Range & habitat
Idiops flaveolus is an Eastern Cape endemic recorded from Grahamstown and East London at altitudes ranging from 56 to 565 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species inhabits the Thicket biome. It lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a trapdoor.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
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 670866.