| Spotted Ibala Flat-bellied Ground Spider | |
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| male from South Africa | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Ibala |
| Species: | I. bilinearis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ibala bilinearis | |
Ibala bilinearis is a species ofspider in the familyGnaphosidae.[2] It is a southern Africanendemic species commonly known as thespotted Ibala flat-bellied ground spider.[3]
Ibala bilinearis is distributed acrossBotswana,Mozambique, andSouth Africa.[3] In South Africa, it is recorded from five provinces,Eastern Cape,Limpopo,Mpumalanga,Northern Cape, andWestern Cape, at altitudes ranging from 241 to 1,523 m above sea level.[3]
The species is a free-living ground dweller sampled fromNama Karoo,Savanna, andThicketbiomes as well as in agro-ecosystems including cotton fields and pistachio orchards.[3]
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Ibala bilinearis is listed asLeast Concern by theSouth African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide range.[3] It is protected in more than 10 protected areas.[3]
The species was originally described byTucker in 1923 fromHanover in theNorthern Cape asSetaphis bilinearis.[1] It was revised by Fitzpatrick (2009).[3]
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