Vidole (spider)

Vidole is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]

Vidole
Vidole capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Vidole
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
V. capensis
(Pocock, 1900)
Species

5, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains five species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa:[1]

Vidole capensis
  • Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) (type) – South Africa
  • Vidole helicigyna Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
  • Vidole lyra Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
  • Vidole schreineri (Purcell, 1904) – South Africa
  • Vidole sothoana Griswold, 1990 – Lesotho, South Africa

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Vidole Lehtinen, 1967". 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: 199–468.


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