Tidarren ubickorum

Tidarren ubickorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Tidarren
Species:	T. ubickorum
Binomial name
	Tidarren ubickorum; Knoflach & van Harten, 2006

Tidarren ubickorum is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Distribution

Tidarren ubickorum is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa. In South Africa it is known from Mpumalanga at Songimvelo Nature Reserve.

Habitat and ecology

In South Africa, it has been sampled from vegetation in the Grassland biome and also from suburban gardens at 1109 m altitude.

Description

Tidarren ubickorum is the only Tidarren species from mainland Africa hitherto known which has a rounded abdomen. Its epigynal protuberance is slender in side view and rather small. The male is unknown.

Conservation

Tidarren ubickorum is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The species is known from only one locality in South Africa with a very small range. More sampling is needed to collect the male and determine the species range.

Etymology

The species is named after US arachnologist Darrell Ubick.

Taxonomy

Tidarren ubickorum was described by Knoflach & Van Harten in 2006 from Songimvelo Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga. The species is known only from the female.

References

1 2 3 "Tidarren ubickorum Knoflach & van Harten, 2006". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 2 [R-T]. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 46. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515998. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
1 2 Knoflach, B.; Van Harten, A. (2006). "The one-palped spider genera Tidarren and Echinotheridion in the Old World (Araneae, Theridiidae), with comparative remarks on Tidarren from America". Journal of Natural History. 40 (25–26): 1483–1616. doi:10.1080/00222930600940993.

[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Tidarren ubickorum Knoflach & van Harten, 2006". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.

[dippenaar2021-2] 1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 2 [R-T]. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 46. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515998. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[knoflach2006-3] 1 2 Knoflach, B.; Van Harten, A. (2006). "The one-palped spider genera Tidarren and Echinotheridion in the Old World (Araneae, Theridiidae), with comparative remarks on Tidarren from America". Journal of Natural History. 40 (25–26): 1483–1616. doi:10.1080/00222930600940993.