Leucorchestris
| Leucorchestris | |
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| Leucorchestris arenicola in Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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| Species | |
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7, see text | |
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]
Species
As of September 2019[update] 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
- ^ a b c "Gen. Leucorchestris Lawrence, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Lawrence, R. F. (1962). "Spiders of the Namib desert". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 24: 197–211.