Biology:Izithunzi

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Izithunzi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Drymusidae
Genus: Izithunzi
Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018[1]
Type species
I. capense (Simon, 1893)
Species

5, see text

Izithunzi is a genus of false violin spiders first described by F. M. Labarque, A. Pérez-González & Charles Edward Griswold in 2018.[2]

Species

(As of March 2019) it contains five species:[1]

  • Izithunzi capense (Simon, 1893) — South Africa
  • Izithunzi lina Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018 — South Africa
  • Izithunzi productum (Purcell, 1904) — South Africa
  • Izithunzi silvicola (Purcell, 1904) — South Africa
  • Izithunzi zondii Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018 — South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Izithunzi Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5663. Retrieved 2019-03-31. 
  2. Labarque, F. M.; Pérez-González, A.; Griswold, C. E. (2018). "Molecular phylogeny and revision of the false violin spiders (Araneae: Drymusidae) of Africa.". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183 (2): 390–430. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx088. 

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