Themacrys Explained

Themacrys is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1906.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found only in South Africa:^[2]

• Themacrys cavernicola (Lawrence, 1939) – South Africa
• Themacrys irrorata Simon, 1906 (type) – South Africa
• Themacrys monticola (Lawrence, 1939) – South Africa
• Themacrys silvicola (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
• Themacrys ukhahlamba Griswold, 1990 – South Africa

See also

• List of Phyxelididae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1906. Etude sur les araignées de la section des cribellates. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 284–308. 50. 10.5962/bhl.part.19947. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Themacrys Simon, 1906. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.