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Matundua

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Matundua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Matundua
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Species:
M. silvatica
Binomial name
Matundua silvatica
(Purcell, 1904)

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,[2] and is only found in South Africa.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Matundua Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.