Phyxelididae

Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae,[1] and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae.[2]

Lace web spiders
Vidole capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Lehtinen, 1967
Diversity
14 genera, 68 species

Genera
Main article: List of Phyxelididae species

As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[3]

  • 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, Asia
  • Pongolania Griswold, 1990 — South Africa
  • Rahavavy Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar
  • Themacrys Simon, 1906 — South Africa
  • Vidole Lehtinen, 1967 — South Africa, Lesotho
  • Vytfutia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 — Indonesia
  • Xevioso Lehtinen, 1967 — Africa
  • The sprawling funnel web with funnel wedged between leaves of a wild fig
  • The central funnel section of the web
  • Female in silk tunnel

See also

References
  1. 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: 199–468.
  2. Griswold, C. E.; Coddington, J. A.; Platnick, N. I.; Forster, R. R.; et al. (1999). "Towards a phylogeny of entelegyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 27: 53–63.
  3. "Family: Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
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