Phyxelididae
| Lace web spiders | |
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| Vidole capensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967 |
| Diversity | |
| 14 genera, 68 species | |
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Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae,[1] and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae.[2]
Genera
As of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[3]
- Ambohima Griswold, 1990 — Madagascar
- Kulalania Griswold, 1990 — Kenya
- Lamaika Griswold, 1990 — South Africa
- Malaika Lehtinen, 1967 — South Africa
- Manampoka Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar
- Matundua Lehtinen, 1967 — South Africa
- Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990 — South Africa
- Phyxelida Simon, 1894 — Africa, Asia
- Pongolania Griswold, 1990 — South Africa
- Rahavavy Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar
- Themacrys Simon, 1906 — South Africa
- Vidole Lehtinen, 1967 — South Africa, Lesotho
- Vytfutia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 — Indonesia
- Xevioso Lehtinen, 1967 — Africa
Gallery
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The sprawling funnel web with funnel wedged between leaves of a wild fig -
The central funnel section of the web -
Female in silk tunnel
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Griswold, C. E.; Coddington, J. A.; Platnick, N. I.; Forster, R. R.; et al. (1999). "Towards a phylogeny of entelegyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 27: 53–63.
- ^ "Family: Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
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