| Phyxelida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae |
| Genus: | Phyxelida Simon, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| P. makapanensis Simon, 1894 | |
| Species | |
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17, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
Phyxelida is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.
Species
As of June 2019 it contains seventeen species, found in Africa, Israel, on Cyprus, and in Turkey:
- 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
- ^ "Gen. Phyxelida Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ 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.
- Simon, E. (1894). "Note sur les arthropodes cavernicoles du Transvaal". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 63: 63–67.
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