Austrachelas

Austrachelas is a genus of African long-jawed ground spiders[2] in the family Gallieniellidae, and was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1938.[3] Originally placed with the corinnid sac spiders, it was moved to the Gallieniellidae in 2009.[4]

Austrachelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gallieniellidae
Genus: Austrachelas
Lawrence, 1938[1]
Type species
A. incertus
Lawrence, 1938
Species

10, see text

Species

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

  • Austrachelas bergi Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas entabeni Haddad & Mbo, 2017 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas incertus Lawrence, 1938 (type) – South Africa
  • Austrachelas kalaharinus Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas merwei Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas natalensis Lawrence, 1942 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas pondoensis Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas reavelli Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas sexoculatus Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
  • Austrachelas wassenaari Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa

References
  1. "Gen. Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie (2014). Field Guide to South African Spiders. LAPA Uitgewers.
  3. Lawrence, R. F. (1938). "A collection of spiders from Natal and Zululand". Annals of the Natal Museum. 8: 455–524.
  4. Haddad, C. R.; et al. (2009). "A revision of the endemic South African spider genus Austrachelas, with its transfer to the Gallieniellidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 2296: 16.


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