Malaika (spider)

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Malaika
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M. longipes
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M. longipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Malaika
Lehtinen, 1967 [1]
Type species
M. longipes
(Purcell, 1904)
Species
  • M. delicatulaGriswold, 1990
  • M. longipes(Purcell, 1904)

Malaika is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. [2]

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Species

As of September 2025 this genus contains two described species, found only in South Africa: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Malaika Lehtinen, 1967". 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: 199–468.


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