Biology:Scharffia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Scharffia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Scharffia
Griswold, 1997[1]
Type species
S. chinja
Griswold, 1997
Species

4, see text

Scharffia is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains four species:[1]

  • Scharffia chinja Griswold, 1997 (type) – Tanzania
  • Scharffia holmi Griswold, 1997 – Kenya
  • Scharffia nyasa Griswold, 1997 – Malawi
  • Scharffia rossi Griswold, 1997 – Tanzania

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Scharffia Griswold, 1997. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/669. Retrieved 2019-05-30. 
  2. Griswold, C. E. (1997). "Scharffia, a remarkable new genus of spiders from East Africa (Araneae, Cyatholipidae).". Journal of Arachnology 25: 269–287. 

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