Leucorchestris

Leucorchestris is a genus of African huntsman spiders that was first described in 1962 by R. F. Lawrence,[2] who described all of the species in the genus between 1962 and 1966.[1]

Leucorchestris
Leucorchestris arenicola in Namibia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Leucorchestris
Lawrence, 1962[1]
Type species
L. arenicola
Lawrence, 1962
Species

7, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains seven species, found in Africa:[1]

  • Leucorchestris alexandrina Lawrence, 1966 – Angola
  • Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence, 1962 (type) – Namibia
  • Leucorchestris flavimarginata Lawrence, 1966 – Namibia
  • Leucorchestris porti Lawrence, 1965 – Namibia
  • Leucorchestris sabulosa Lawrence, 1966 – Namibia
  • Leucorchestris setifrons Lawrence, 1966 – Angola
  • Leucorchestris steyni Lawrence, 1965 – Namibia

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Leucorchestris Lawrence, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Lawrence, R. F. (1962). "Spiders of the Namib desert". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 24: 197–211.


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