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title: "African Crown Pisaurid"
description: "Rothus aethiopicus — Insectos y arañas. Rothus aethiopicus is a spider species in the family Pisauridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/african-crown-pisaurid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Crown Pisaurid

> Rothus aethiopicus — Insectos y arañas. Rothus aethiopicus is a spider species in the family Pisauridae.

- Scientific name: *Rothus aethiopicus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 462
- Wikidata: [Q27504359](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27504359)
- iNaturalist taxon: [809037](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/809037)

## Names

- en: African Crown Pisaurid

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (170), ZW (6), BW (3)

## Summary

Rothus aethiopicus is a spider species in the family Pisauridae. The species is commonly known as the common Rothus nursery-web spider.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothus_aethiopicus

## Photo

![African Crown Pisaurid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-crown-pisaurid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/395846725

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-crown-pisaurid?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).