Austrachelas
| Austrachelas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gallieniellidae |
| Genus: | Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938[1] |
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Lawrence, 1938
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Austrachelas is a genus of African long-jawed ground spiders[2] in the family Gallieniellidae, and was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1938.[3] Originally placed with the corinnid sac spiders, it was moved to the Gallieniellidae in 2009.[4]
Species[]
As of May 2019 it contains ten species, all found in South Africa:[1]
- Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
- Haddad & Mbo, 2017 – South Africa
- Lawrence, 1938 (type) – South Africa
- Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
- Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
- Lawrence, 1942 – South Africa
- Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
- Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
- Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
- Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie (2014). Field Guide to South African Spiders. LAPA Uitgewers.
- ^ Lawrence, R. F. (1938). "A collection of spiders from Natal and Zululand". Annals of the Natal Museum. 8: 455–524.
- ^ Haddad, C. R.; et al. (2009). "A revision of the endemic South African spider genus Austrachelas, with its transfer to the Gallieniellidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 2296: 16. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2296.1.1.
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