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title: "African Hermit Spider"
description: "Nephilingis cruentata — Insetti e ragni. Nephilingis cruentata is an nephilid spider with a strikingly red sternum."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/african-hermit-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Hermit Spider

> Nephilingis cruentata — Insetti e ragni. Nephilingis cruentata is an nephilid spider with a strikingly red sternum.

- Scientific name: *Nephilingis cruentata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7507
- Wikidata: [Q27503019](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27503019)
- iNaturalist taxon: [425206](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/425206)

## Names

- en: African Hermit Spider
- es: Araña Ermitaña Africana

## Countries with the most observations

BR (6225), ZA (413), TZ (59), ZW (58), MZ (47), KE (42), UG (35), ZM (35), MW (32), SZ (22), AO (14), CD (11)

## Summary

Nephilingis cruentata is an nephilid spider with a strikingly red sternum.

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

## Photo

![African Hermit Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-hermit-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122073847

## Machine access

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