Vidole (spider)
| Vidole | |
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| Vidole capensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae |
| Genus: | Vidole Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| V. capensis (Pocock, 1900)
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Vidole is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
Description
[edit]Vidole are spiders with total lengths ranging from 5.25 to 14.5 mm. The body is densely setose. The carapace has a fovea that is long, deep, and narrowed posteriorly. The anterior eye row is slightly recurved while the posterior eye row is straight.[3]
Male chelicerae have weak ventrolateral wrinkles, while female chelicerae are smooth to weakly wrinkled. The promargin of the fang furrow has 5-6 teeth, and the retromargin has 5-8 teeth. The sternum is long and narrowed. The abdominal dorsum has variable markings, while the venter displays paired narrow longitudinal bands.[3]
The legs are long, generally unmodified, and uniformly marked, with leg formula 1423. The venters of the tarsi are densely setose. The origin of the calamistrum is at 0.31-0.40 from the base of metatarsus IV.[3]
Species
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V. capensis in its tube -
V. capensis -
V. helicigyna
As of September 2025[update] it contains five species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa:[1]
- Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) (type) – South Africa
- Vidole helicigyna Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
- Vidole lyra Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
- Vidole schreineri (Purcell, 1904) – South Africa
- Vidole sothoana Griswold, 1990 – Lesotho, South Africa
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Vidole Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
- ^ a b c Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Phyxelididae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 20, 23. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6813843. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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