''Lamaika'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae containing the single species, ''Lamaika distincta''. It was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990, and is only found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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Endemic fauna of South Africa Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Phyxelididae Spiders of South Africa {{Araneomorphae-stub

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