Malaika (spider)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Phyxelididae |
Genus: | Malaika Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
Type species | |
(Purcell, 1904)
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Species | |
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Malaika is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in South Africa: and .[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Malaika Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
Categories:
- Endemic fauna of South Africa
- Araneomorphae genera
- Phyxelididae
- Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
- Araneomorphae stubs