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Pehrforsskalia

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Pehrforsskalia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Pehrforsskalia
Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001[1]
Type species
P. conopyga
Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001
Species
  • P. bilene Huber, 2011 – Mozambique
  • P. conopyga Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Africa, Yemen, Israel, Madagascar
  • P. shambaa Huber, 2011 – Tanzania

Pehrforsskalia is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold & A. van Harten in 2001.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in Africa, Israel, and Yemen: P. bilene, P. conopyga, and P. shambaa.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Pehrforsskalia Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L.; Harten, A. van (2001), "Description of some interesting, new or little known Pholcidae (Araneae) from Yemen", in Prakash, I. (ed.), Ecology of Desert Environments