Phyxelida Explained

Phyxelida is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species, found in Africa, Israel, on Cyprus, and in Turkey:^[2]

• Phyxelida abyssinica Griswold, 1990 – Ethiopia
• Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990 – Cyprus, Turkey, Israel
• Phyxelida apwania Griswold, 1990 – Kenya, Tanzania
• Phyxelida bifoveata (Strand, 1913) – East Africa
• Phyxelida carcharata Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida crassibursa Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida eurygyna Griswold, 1990 – Malawi
• Phyxelida irwini Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida jabalina Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania
• Phyxelida kipia Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania
• Phyxelida makapanensis Simon, 1894 (type) – South Africa
• Phyxelida mirabilis (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia
• Phyxelida nebulosa (Tullgren, 1910) – Kenya, Tanzania
• Phyxelida pingoana Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida sindanoa Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
• Phyxelida tanganensis (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Tanzania
• Phyxelida umlima Griswold, 1990 – Tanzania

See also

• List of Phyxelididae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1894. Note sur les arthropodes cavernicoles du Transvaal. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 63–67. 63. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Phyxelida Simon, 1894. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.