Biology:Namaquarachne
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae |
| Genus: | Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990[1] |
| Type species | |
| N. khoikhoiana Griswold, 1990
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Namaquarachne is a genus of South Africa n araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.[2]
Species
As of June 2019[update] it contains five species, found only in South Africa :[1]
- Namaquarachne angulata Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
- Namaquarachne hottentotta (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
- Namaquarachne khoikhoiana Griswold, 1990 (type) – South Africa
- Namaquarachne thaumatula Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
- Namaquarachne tropata Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2376. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ↑ Griswold, C. E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 196: 1–206.
Wikidata ☰ Q5520317 entry
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