Bowie cornigerBowie corniger is a species of spider in the family Ctenidae. It is endemic to South Africa.EtymologyThe species name corniger means "horn-bearing" in Latin, likely referring to morphological features of the species.DistributionBowie corniger is found only in South Africa, specifically in KwaZulu-Natal province, though no exact locality is known.Habitat and ecologyThe species is a free-running ground dweller.DescriptionBowie corniger is known only from males. Although drawings were provided by Benoit in 1979, species identification remains problematic.ConservationBowie corniger is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons. Too little is known about the location, habitat and threats of this taxon for a proper assessment to be made. More sampling is needed as well as redescription of type material.TaxonomyThe species was originally described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1898 from Natal. In 2022, it was transferred from the genus Ctenus to the newly erected genus Bowie by Jäger. It was revised by Pierre Benoit in 1979.