''Namaquarachne'' is a
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of
South Africa
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araneomorph spiders in the family
Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.
Species
it contains five species, found only in
South Africa
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:
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Namaquarachne angulata''
Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
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Namaquarachne hottentotta''
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, 1900) – South Africa
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Namaquarachne khoikhoiana
''Namaquarachne'' is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.
Species
it contains five species, found only in South Africa:
*'' Namaquarachne angulata'' Griswo ...
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Griswold, 1990 (
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) – South Africa
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Namaquarachne thaumatula''
Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
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Namaquarachne tropata''
Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
See also
*
List of Phyxelididae species
References
Endemic fauna of South Africa
Araneomorphae genera
Phyxelididae
Spiders of South Africa
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