Namaquarachne

Namaquarachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Phyxelididae
Genus:	Namaquarachne ; Griswold, 1990
Type species
	N. khoikhoiana ; Griswold, 1990
Species
	5, see text

Last updated September 25, 2025

Namaquarachne is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.^[2]

Species

As of September 2025^[update] it contains five species, found only in South Africa:^[1]

Namaquarachne angulata Griswold, 1990
Namaquarachne hottentotta (Pocock, 1900)
Namaquarachne khoikhoiana Griswold, 1990 (type)
Namaquarachne thaumatula Griswold, 1990
Namaquarachne tropata Griswold, 1990

References

1 2 "Gen. Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
↑ Griswold, C. E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 196: 1–206.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.

[Gris1990-2] Griswold, C. E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 196: 1–206.

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Namaquarachne

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