Namaquarachne

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Titanoecoidea

Familia: Phyxelididae
Genus: Namaquarachne
Species: N. angulata – N. hottentotta – N. khoikhoiana – N. thaumatula – N. tropata
Name

Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990

Type species: Namaquarachne khoikhoiana Charles Edward Griswold, 1990
References
Primary references

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. Reference page.

Additional references

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

List of Phyxelididae species

References

"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.