Scharffia Explained

Scharffia is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.^[1]

Species

it contains four species:^[2]

• Scharffia chinja Griswold, 1997 (type) – Tanzania
• Scharffia holmi Griswold, 1997 – Kenya
• Scharffia nyasa Griswold, 1997 – Malawi
• Scharffia rossi Griswold, 1997 – Tanzania

Notes and References

1. Griswold. C. E.. 1997. Scharffia, a remarkable new genus of spiders from East Africa (Araneae, Cyatholipidae).. Journal of Arachnology. 269–287. 25.
2. Gen. Scharffia Griswold, 1997. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-30. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.