Biology:Gorgyrella
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Gorgyrella | |
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| Gorgyrella sp. "African Red Trapdoor Spider" | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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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
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Gen. Gorgyrella Purcell, 1902. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1089. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ Purcell, W. F. (1902). "New South African trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae in the collection of the South African Museum.". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 11: 348–382. doi:10.1080/21560382.1900.9525972. https://zenodo.org/record/1642179.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q761713 entry
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