Spinotrachelas

Spinotrachelas is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by C. R. Haddad in 2006.[2]

Spinotrachelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Spinotrachelas
Haddad, 2006[1]
Type species
S. capensis
Haddad, 2006
Species

5, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains five species, all found in South Africa:[1]

  • Spinotrachelas capensis Haddad, 2006 (type) – South Africa
  • Spinotrachelas confinis Lyle, 2011 – South Africa
  • Spinotrachelas montanus Haddad, Neethling & Lyle, 2011 – South Africa
  • Spinotrachelas namaquensis Lyle, 2011 – South Africa
  • Spinotrachelas similis Lyle, 2011 – South Africa

References

  1. "Gen. Spinotrachelas Haddad, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. Haddad, C. R. (2006). "Spinotrachelas, a new genus of tracheline sac spiders from South Africa (Araneae: Corinnidae)". African Invertebrates. 47: 85–93.


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