{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | name = Cederberg Theuma Long-spinneret Ground Spider | image = Theuma cedri 306916978 553531039.jpg | image_caption = Female | image2 = Theuma cedri 306916978 553532011.jpg | image2_caption = Female | taxon = Theuma cedri | authority = Purcell, 1907<ref name="purcell1907" /> | synonyms = }}
'''''Theuma cedri''''' is a species of spider in the family Prodidomidae.<ref name="wsc" /> It is a South African endemic commonly known as the '''Cederberg Theuma long-spinneret ground spider'''.<ref name="dippenaar2023" />
==Distribution== ''Theuma cedri'' is known only from South Africa, where it is recorded from Free State, Limpopo, Northern Cape, and Western Cape.<ref name="dippenaar2023" />
Notable locations include Boschkloof Waterfall in the Cederberg, Namaqua National Park, and Cederberg Wilderness Area.<ref name="dippenaar2023" />
==Habitat and ecology== ''Theuma cedri'' is a free-running ground dweller found in Fynbos, Grassland, and Savanna biomes.<ref name="dippenaar2023" /> The species inhabits altitudes ranging from 24 to 1,645 m above sea level.<ref name="dippenaar2023" />
==Description== {{see also|Glossary of spider terms}} <gallery mode=packed heights=120px> Theuma cedri 297533010 535849180.jpg|female Theuma cedri 306916978 553532301.jpg|female Theuma cedri 297533010 535849994.jpg|female Theuma cedri 297533010 535849875.jpg|female </gallery>
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==Conservation== ''Theuma cedri'' is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.<ref name="dippenaar2023" /> Although the species is presently known only from one sex, it has a wide geographical range. There are no significant threats to the species, but more sampling is needed to collect the male.<ref name="dippenaar2023" /> It is protected in Namaqua National Park and Cederberg Wilderness Area.<ref name="dippenaar2023" />
==Taxonomy== The species was originally described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907 from Boschkloof Waterfall in the Cederberg in the Western Cape.<ref name="purcell1907" /> It has not been revised and is known only from the female sex.<ref name="dippenaar2023" />
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/27760 | title=Theuma cedri Purcell, 1907 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | accessdate=24 September 2025}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2023">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | year=2023 | title=The Prodidomidae of South Africa. Version 1 | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=28 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.7515818 | url=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7515818 | accessdate=24 September 2025}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name="purcell1907">{{cite journal | last=Purcell | first=W.F. | year=1907 | title=New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum | journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History | series=7 | volume=20 | issue=118 | pages=302 | doi=10.1080/00222930709487339}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Endemic spiders of South Africa Category:Spiders described in 1907