Gorgyrella
| Gorgyrella | |
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| Gorgyrella sp. "African Red Trapdoor Spider" | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Gorgyrella Purcell, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
Purcell, 1902
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4, see text | |
Gorgyrella is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.[2]
Species[]
As of May 2019 it contains four species and one subspecies:[1]
- (Hewitt, 1919) – Zimbabwe
- Tucker, 1917 – Tanzania
- Purcell, 1902 (type) – South Africa
- Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Gorgyrella Purcell, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ Purcell, W. F. (1902). "New South African trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 11: 348–382.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Idiopidae
- Mygalomorphae genera
- Spiders of Africa
- Taxa named by William Frederick Purcell
- Mygalomorphae stubs