The Halidae were a tiny
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
family with only three described species in two genera. , this family was no longer considered valid; the two genera are instead grouped in the family
Pisauridae
Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. They resemble wolf spiders (Lycosidae) except for several key differences. Wolf spiders have two very prominent eyes in addition to the o ...
.
Distribution
This family is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
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 ...
.
Species
''
Hala'' Jocqué, 1994
* ''
Hala impigra'' Jocqué, 1994 (Madagascar)
* ''
Hala paulyi'' Jocqué, 1994 (Madagascar)
''
Tolma'' Jocqué, 1994
* ''
Tolma toreuta'' Jocqué, 1994 (Madagascar)
See also
*
List of Pisauridae species
This article lists all described species of the spider family Pisauridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Afropisaura''
'' Afropisaura'' Blandin, 1976
* '' A. ducis'' (Strand, 1913) — West, Central, East Africa
* '' A. rothiformis'' ...
References
* Jocqué, R. (1994b). Halidae, a new spider family from Madagascar (Araneae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 9: 281-289.
External links
Picture of unidentified Halidae species
Historically recognized spider taxa
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