Phyxelida

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

Phyxelida
Scientific classification
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]
Amphigyrioides Strand, 1913[2] Haemilla Simon, 1909[2]

Species

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

• Phyxelida abyssinica Griswold, 1990 – Ethiopia
• Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990 – Cyprus, Turkey, Israel
• Phyxelida apwania Griswold, 1990 – Kenya, Tanzania
• Phyxelida bifoveata (Strand, 1913) – East Africa
• Phyxelida carcharata Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida crassibursa Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida eurygyna Griswold, 1990 – Malawi
• Phyxelida irwini Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida jabalina Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania
• Phyxelida kipia Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania
• Phyxelida makapanensis Simon, 1894 (type) – South Africa
• Phyxelida mirabilis (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia
• Phyxelida nebulosa (Tullgren, 1910) – Kenya, Tanzania
• Phyxelida pingoana Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida sindanoa Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida tanganensis (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Tanzania
• Phyxelida umlima Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania

See also

• List of Phyxelididae species

References

1. "Gen. Phyxelida Simon, 1894". 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: 213.
3. Simon, E. (1894). "Note sur les arthropodes cavernicoles du Transvaal". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 63: 63–67.