Rastellus

Rastellus is a genus of African termite hunters first described by Norman I. Platnick & E. Griffin in 1990.[2]

Rastellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ammoxenidae
Genus: Rastellus
Platnick & Griffin, 1990[1]
Type species
R. africanus
Platnick & Griffin, 1990
Species

7, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains seven species:[1]

  • Rastellus africanus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia, Botswana
  • Rastellus deserticola Haddad, 2003 – South Africa
  • Rastellus florisbad Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – South Africa
  • Rastellus kariba Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Zimbabwe
  • Rastellus narubis Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia
  • Rastellus sabulosus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia
  • Rastellus struthio Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia, Botswana

References

  1. "Gen. Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Griffin, E. (1990). "On Rastellus, a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". American Museum Novitates. 2995: 1–11.


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