Phyxelida

Phyxelida is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[3]

Phyxelida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Phyxelida
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
P. makapanensis
Simon, 1894
Species

17, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of June 2019 it contains seventeen species, found in Africa, Israel, on Cyprus, and in Turkey:[1]

  • Phyxelida abyssinica Griswold, 1990 – Ethiopia
  • Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990 – Cyprus, Turkey, Israel
  • Phyxelida apwania Griswold, 1990 – Kenya, Tanzania
  • Phyxelida bifoveata (Strand, 1913) – East Africa
  • Phyxelida carcharata Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
  • Phyxelida crassibursa Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
  • Phyxelida eurygyna Griswold, 1990 – Malawi
  • Phyxelida irwini Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
  • Phyxelida jabalina Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Phyxelida kipia Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Phyxelida makapanensis Simon, 1894 (type) – South Africa
  • Phyxelida mirabilis (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia
  • Phyxelida nebulosa (Tullgren, 1910) – Kenya, Tanzania
  • Phyxelida pingoana Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
  • Phyxelida sindanoa Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
  • Phyxelida tanganensis (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Tanzania
  • Phyxelida umlima Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Phyxelida Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 213.
  3. Simon, E. (1894). "Note sur les arthropodes cavernicoles du Transvaal". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 63: 63–67.


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