Maypacius christophei

Maypacius christophei is a spider species in the family Pisauridae. The species is commonly known as Christoph's Maypacius nursery-web spider.

Distribution

Maypacius christophei has been recorded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa. In South Africa, the species is known only from Gauteng.

Habitat and ecology

The species makes sheet-webs in vegetation and is active at night.
It has been sampled from the Savanna biome at 1247 m.

Conservation

Maypacius christophei is listed as Least Concern. Although the species is presently known only from females, it has a wide geographical range in Africa. There are no significant threats to the species, but more sampling is needed to confirm the species range in South Africa.

Taxonomy

The species was described by the French arachnologist Patrick Blandin in 1975 from a female specimen found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo., the male of the species remains undescribed.