This page lists all described

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of the spider family Phyxelididae accepted by the

World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...

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''Ambohima''

Ambohima ''Ambohima'' is a genus of Malagasy araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990. Species it contains ten species, found only on Madagascar: *'' Ambohima andrefana'' Griswold, Wood & Carmicha ...

'' Griswold, 1990 * '' A. andrefana'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' A. antsinanana'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' A. avaratra'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' A. maizina'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' A. pauliani'' Griswold, 1990 — Madagascar * '' A. ranohira'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' A. sublima'' Griswold, 1990 ( type) — Madagascar * '' A. vato'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' A. zandry'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' A. zoky'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar

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''Kulalania''

Kulalania ''Kulalania'' is a monotypic genus of Kenyan araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae containing the single species, ''Kulalania antiqua''. It was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990, and is only found in Kenya. See also * List of Ph ...

'' Griswold, 1990 * '' K. antiqua'' Griswold, 1990 ( type) — Kenya

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''Lamaika''

Lamaika ''Lamaika'' is a monotypic genus 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. See also ...

'' Griswold, 1990 * '' L. distincta'' Griswold, 1990 ( type) — South Africa

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''Malaika''

Malaika Malaika is a Swahili song written by Tanzanian musician Adam Salim in 1945. This song is possibly the most famous of all Swahili love songs in Tanzania, Kenya and the entire East Africa, as well as being one of the most widely known of all Swahi ...

'' Lehtinen, 1967 * '' M. delicatula'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' M. longipes'' (Purcell, 1904) ( type) — South Africa

''Manampoka''

Manampoka ''Manampoka'' is a monotypic genus of Malagasy araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae containing the single species, ''Manampoka atsimo''. It was first described by C. E. Griswold, H. M. Wood & A. D. Carmichael in 2012, and is only found o ...

'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 * '' M. atsimo'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 ( type) — Madagascar

''Matundua''

Matundua ''Matundua'' is a monotypic genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae containing the single species, ''Matundua silvatica''. It was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967, and is only found in South Africa. See ...

'' Lehtinen, 1967 * '' M. silvatica'' (Purcell, 1904) ( type) — South Africa

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''Namaquarachne''

'' Namaquarachne'' Griswold, 1990 * '' N. angulata'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' N. hottentotta'' (Pocock, 1900) — South Africa * '' N. khoikhoiana'' Griswold, 1990 ( type) — South Africa * '' N. thaumatula'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' N. tropata'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa

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''Phyxelida''

'' Phyxelida'' Simon, 1894 * '' P. abyssinica'' Griswold, 1990 — Ethiopia * '' P. anatolica'' Griswold, 1990 — Cyprus, Turkey, Israel * '' P. apwania'' Griswold, 1990 — Kenya, Tanzania * '' P. bifoveata'' (Strand, 1913) — East Africa * '' P. carcharata'' Griswold, 1990 — Kenya * '' P. crassibursa'' Griswold, 1990 — Kenya * '' P. eurygyna'' Griswold, 1990 — Malawi * '' P. irwini'' Griswold, 1990 — Kenya * '' P. jabalina'' Griswold, 1990 — Tanzania * '' P. kipia'' Griswold, 1990 — Tanzania * '' P. makapanensis'' Simon, 1894 ( type) — South Africa * '' P. mirabilis'' (L. Koch, 1875) — Ethiopia * '' P. nebulosa'' (Tullgren, 1910) — Kenya, Tanzania * '' P. pingoana'' Griswold, 1990 — Kenya * '' P. sindanoa'' Griswold, 1990 — Kenya * '' P. tanganensis'' (Simon & Fage, 1922) — Tanzania * '' P. umlima'' Griswold, 1990 — Tanzania

''Pongolania''

Pongolania ''Pongolania'' is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990. it contains only two species, found only in South Africa: '' P. chrysionaria'' and '' P. pongola''. Se ...

'' Griswold, 1990 * '' P. chrysionaria'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' P. pongola'' Griswold, 1990 ( type) — South Africa

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''Rahavavy''

Rahavavy ''Rahavavy'' is a genus of Malagasy araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold, H. M. Wood & A. D. Carmichael in 2012. it contains only three species, found only on Madagascar: '' R. fanivelona'', ' ...

'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 * '' R. fanivelona'' (Griswold, 1990) ( type) — Madagascar * '' R. ida'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar * '' R. malagasyana'' (Griswold, 1990) — Madagascar

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''Themacrys''

Themacrys ''Themacrys'' is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1906. Species it contains five species, found only in South Africa: *'' Themacrys cavernicola'' (Lawrenc ...

'' Simon, 1906 * '' T. cavernicola'' (Lawrence, 1939) — South Africa * '' T. irrorata'' Simon, 1906 ( type) — South Africa * '' T. monticola'' (Lawrence, 1939) — South Africa * '' T. silvicola'' (Lawrence, 1938) — South Africa * '' T. ukhahlamba'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa

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''Vidole''

'' Vidole'' Lehtinen, 1967 * '' V. capensis'' (Pocock, 1900) ( type) — South Africa * '' V. helicigyna'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' V. lyra'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' V. schreineri'' (Purcell, 1904) — South Africa * '' V. sothoana'' Griswold, 1990 — Lesotho, South Africa

''Vytfutia''

'' Vytfutia'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 * '' V. bedel'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 ( type) — Indonesia (Sumatra) * '' V. pallens'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989 — Borneo

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''Xevioso''

Xevioso Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso, Hevioso) is a god of thunder of the So region in Dahomey mythology. He is the twin brother of Gun, and is one of the children of Mawu and Lisa. See also * Shango References This divinity is also ...

'' Lehtinen, 1967 * '' X. amica'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' X. aululata'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' X. cepfi'' Pett & Jocqué, 2020 — Mozambique * '' X. colobata'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' X. jocquei'' Griswold, 1990 — Malawi * '' X. kulufa'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' X. lichmadina'' Griswold, 1990 — South Africa * '' X. megcummingae'' Pett & Jocqué, 2020 — Malawi, Zimbabwe * '' X. orthomeles'' Griswold, 1990 — Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa * '' X. tuberculata'' (Lawrence, 1939) ( type) — South Africa * '' X. zuluana'' (Lawrence, 1939) — South Africa

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phyxelididae

Phyxelididae Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae, and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae. Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the fol ...