Biology:Gorgyrella

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Gorgyrella
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Gorgyrella sp. "African Red Trapdoor Spider"
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Gorgyrella
Purcell, 1902[1]
Type species
G. namaquensis
Purcell, 1902
Species

4, see text

Gorgyrella is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains four species and one subspecies:[1]

  • Gorgyrella hirschhorni (Hewitt, 1919) – Zimbabwe
  • Gorgyrella inermis Tucker, 1917 – Tanzania
  • Gorgyrella namaquensis Purcell, 1902 (type) – South Africa
  • Gorgyrella schreineri Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
    • Gorgyrella s. minor (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q761713 entry