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Phyxelida

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Phyxelida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Phyxelida
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
P. makapanensis
Simon, 1894
Species

17, see text

Synonyms[1]

Phyxelida is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[3]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains seventeen species, found in Africa, Israel, on Cyprus, and in Turkey:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Phyxelida Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ a b 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: 213.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1894). "Note sur les arthropodes cavernicoles du Transvaal". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 63: 63–67.