Harpactirella helenae Purcell, 1903

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Purcell, W. F. (1903). New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae. Annals of the South African Museum 3: 69-142.

Distribution

South Africa

Type Locality: St Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, St Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 133 m. Southern hemisphere — seasons are inverted, so December is midsummer.

Specimen Records (1)

SAMC 11710 ♂ Type South Africa

Stompneus, St. Helena Bay, Malmesbury Division

May 1902 · col. Mr. J. E. C. Goold

Bibliography (1)

Purcell, W. F. (1903). New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae. Annals of the South African Museum 3: 69-142.