Biology:Namaquarachne

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Namaquarachne
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Species

5, see text

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) 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. 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. 
  2. 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