Phyxelida is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[3]
| Phyxelida | |
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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[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. makapanensis Simon, 1894
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| Species | |
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17, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editAs of June 2019[update] it contains seventeen species, found in Africa, Israel, on Cyprus, and in Turkey:[1]
- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Phyxelida Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ a b 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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