Namaquarachne

Namaquarachne is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.[2]

Namaquarachne
Scientific classification
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

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
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See also

References

  1. "Gen. Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. 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.


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