''Hovops'' is a
genus
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of
Malagasy wall spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1968.
Species
it contains eleven species, found on
Madagascar
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:
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Hovops antakarana''
Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014 –
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
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Hovops betsileo''
Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011 – Madagascar
*''
Hovops ikongo''
Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014 – Madagascar
*''
Hovops legrasi''
(Simon, 1887) – Madagascar
*''
Hovops lidiae''
Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011 – Madagascar
*''
Hovops madagascariensis''
(Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
*''
Hovops mariensis''
(Strand
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Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
*Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
*Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* Strand Street, ...
, 1908) – Madagascar
*''
Hovops menabe''
Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014 – Madagascar
*''
Hovops merina''
Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011 – Madagascar
*''
Hovops pusillus''
(Simon, 1887) (
type) – Madagascar
*''
Hovops vezo''
Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014 – Madagascar
See also
*
List of Selenopidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Selenopidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
''Amamanganops''
'' Amamanganops'' Crews & Harvey, 2011
* '' A. baginawa'' Crews & Harvey, 2011 ( type) — Philippines
''Anyphops''
...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Selenopidae
Spiders of Madagascar
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