// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Pactactes obesus say? "I'm beetle down with weight.

Pactactes obesus
	female
	female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Pactactes
Species:	P. obesus
Binomial name
	Pactactes obesus; Simon, 1895

Pactactes obesus is an African spider species in the family Thomisidae.^[2]

Distribution

Pactactes obesus is found in Kenya, Ivory Coast, Uganda, and South Africa.^[2]

In South Africa, it is known from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape provinces.^[3]

Habitat and ecology

They were sampled in sweep nets and pitfall traps from Fynbos and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 15 to 164 m.^[3]

Description

female
juvenile female
juvenile female

Conservation

Pactactes obesus is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range. The species is protected in Tembe Elephant Park, De Hoop Nature Reserve, and Silaka Nature Reserve. There are no significant threats.^[3]

Taxonomy

Pactactes obesus was described by Eugène Simon in 1895.^[1] The type locality is given only as "Africa trop. Occid" (Western tropical Africa).^[3] The species has not been revised but is known from both sexes.^[3]

References

1 2 Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 432–443.
1 2 "Pactactes obesus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 27. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

External links

Citizen science observations for Pactactes obesus at iNaturalist

[simon1895-1] 1 2 Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 432–443.

[wsc-2] 1 2 "Pactactes obesus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.

[dippenaar2020-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 27. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513276. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[1]

[2]

[3]

This page was redesigned at the edge.

A page that knows where it met you.