Fabronia pilifera is the most common species of Fabronia in southern Africa and found in the Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZuluNatal, Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, as well as Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho. It has not been reported from the arid and semiarid regions of the Northern Cape and Namibia.