Namaquarachne
| Namaquarachne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae |
| Genus: | Griswold, 1990[1] |
| Type species | |
| N. khoikhoiana Griswold, 1990
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Namaquarachne is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.[2]
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
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ 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.