Ballomma neethlingi
species of Arachnida
Ballomma neethlingi is a species of spider in the family Zodariidae. It is endemic to South Africa.
Distribution
Ballomma neethlingi is endemic to the Limpopo province of South Africa, where it has been recorded from Medikwe Heritage Site and Haenertsburg.
Habitat
The species inhabits the Savanna biome at altitudes ranging from 798 to 1,399 metres above sea level. It occurs in montane bushveld environments where it has been sampled by sifting litter.
Description
Ballomma neethlingi is known from both sexes. Males are easily recognized by the field of spines in front of the epigastric fold and the pedipalp with a retrolateral patellar swelling and a broad triangular transparent retrolateral tibial apophysis. The cephalothorax, sternum, and chelicerae are medium brown, while the legs are pale yellowish-brown. The opisthosoma is pale with a complex dark pattern on the dorsum and four dark apodemes.
Females have a characteristic epigyne in which the internal structures visible through transparency form an X-shape.
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