Arctosa albida

Arctosa albida is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Cape Arctosa wolf spider.

Distribution

Arctosa albida is known only from the Western Cape province, with the type locality given as "Capland".

Conservation

Arctosa albida is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South [African National Biodiversity Institute]. Additional sampling is needed to collect the male and determine the species' range.

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1898 as Leaena albida. Carl [Friedrich Roewer|Roewer] revised the species in 1960.