''Brachyphaea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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corinnid sac spiders first described by W. Bösenberg & Heinrich Lenz in 1895.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Brachyphaea berlandi
''Brachyphaea'' is a genus of Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it ...
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Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
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Brachyphaea castanea''
Simon, 1896 – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
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Brachyphaea hulli''
Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
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Brachyphaea proxima''
Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
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Brachyphaea simoni''
Simon, 1895 (
type) – East Africa
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Brachyphaea simpliciaculeata''
Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
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Brachyphaea vulpina''
Simon, 1896 – Mozambique
References
Araneomorphae genera
Corinnidae
Spiders of Africa
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