Phyxelididae

Phyxelididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Phyxelididae
Lehtinen, 1967
Genera

See text.

Diversity[1]
14 genera, 64 species

The Phyxelididae are a spider family with over 60 described species in 14 genera.[1]

Genera

As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[2]

  • Ambohima Griswold, 1990 (Madagascar)
  • Kulalania Griswold, 1990 (Kenya)
  • Lamaika Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
  • Malaika Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
  • Manampoka Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 (Madagascar)
  • Matundua Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
  • Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
  • Phyxelida Simon, 1894 (Africa, Madagascar, Cyprus, Turkey)
  • Pongolania Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
  • Rahavavy Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 (Madagascar)
  • Themacrys Simon, 1906 (South Africa)
  • Vidole Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
  • Vytfutia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 (Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Xevioso Lehtinen, 1967 (Africa)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Currently valid spider genera and species", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-11-06
  2. "Family: Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-11-06
  • Griswold, C., J. Coddington, N. Platnick, and R. Forster (1999). Towards a Phylogeny of Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology 27:53-63. PDF


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