Matundua is a monotypic genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae containing the single species, Matundua silvatica. It was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967,[2] and is only found in South Africa.[1]
Matundua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Phyxelididae |
Genus: | Matundua Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
Species: | M. silvatica
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Binomial name | |
Matundua silvatica (Purcell, 1904)
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See also
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edit- ^ a b "Gen. Matundua Lehtinen, 1967". 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: 199–468.