Brachyphaea Explained

Brachyphaea is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by W. Bösenberg & Heinrich Lenz in 1895.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species:^[2]

• Brachyphaea berlandi Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
• Brachyphaea castanea Simon, 1896 – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
• Brachyphaea hulli Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
• Brachyphaea proxima Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
• Brachyphaea simoni Simon, 1895 (type) – East Africa
• Brachyphaea simpliciaculeata Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
• Brachyphaea vulpina Simon, 1896 – Mozambique

Notes and References

1. Bösenberg. W.. Lenz. H.. 1895. Ostafrikanische Spinnen gesammelt von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann in den Jahren 1888 und 1889.. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 27–51. 12. 2.
2. Gen. Brachyphaea Simon, 1895. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-18. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.