It is critically endangered and only present in the Atewa Forest Reserve in Ghana. The spider is threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to logging, mining, and other human activities
How to protect them? One reason is that humans are destroying their natural habitat. Mining, quarrying, and other developmental projects destroy their caves.
The commercialization of autochthonous examples isn’t disallowed in many nations where they reside, since their number, similar to that of most “top” hunters, isn’t enormous.
The Liphistius spider is a critically endangered species only found in Malaysia. Degradation and illegal trade of the species is what threaten this spider.