Phyxelididae

Taxobox
name = Phyxelididae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Titanoecoidea
familia = Phyxelididae
familia_authority = Lehtinen, 1967
diversity_link = List of Phyxelididae species
diversity = 12 genera, 54 species
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The Phyxelididae are a spider family with 54 described species in twelve genera. They are grouped with the Titanoecidae within the Titanoecoidea superfamily.

Genera

* "Ambohima" Griswold, 1990 (Madagascar)
* "Kulalania" Griswold, 1990 (Kenya)
* "Lamaika" Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
* "Malaika" Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
* "Matundua" Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
* "Namaquarachne" Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
* "Phyxelida" Simon, 1894 (Africa, Madagascar, Cyprus, Turkey)
* "Pongolania" Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
* "Themacrys" Simon, 1906 (South Africa)
* "Vidole" Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
* "Vytfutia" Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 (Sumatra, Borneo)
* "Xevioso" Lehtinen, 1967 (Africa)

ee also

* List of Phyxelididae species
* Spider families

References

* Griswold, C., J. Coddington, N. Platnick, and R. Forster (1999). Towards a Phylogeny of Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology 27:53-63. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v27_n1/arac_27_01_0053.pdf PDF]