Carparachne

Carparachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Carparachne; Lawrence, 1962
Type species
	; Lawrence, 1962
Species
	Lawrence, 1962 – Namibia ; C. aureoflava Lawrence, 1966 – Namibia;

Carparachne is a genus of Namibian huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1962.^[2] As of September 2019 it contains two species, found in Namibia: and C. aureoflava.^[1] The golden wheel spider (C. aureoflava) uses cartwheeling to move across hot, sandy ground, similar to the related Cebrennus rechenbergi, which uses a flic-flac motion.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Gen. Carparachne Lawrence, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
^ Lawrence, R. F. (1962). "Spiders of the Namib desert". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 24: 197–211.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Gen. Carparachne Lawrence, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.

[Lawr1962-2] Lawrence, R. F. (1962). "Spiders of the Namib desert". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 24: 197–211.

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