Austrachelas

Austrachelas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gallieniellidae
Genus:	Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938[1]
Type species
A. incertus Lawrence, 1938
Species
10, see text

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^[update] ten species are known, all found in South Africa:[1]

• Austrachelas bergi Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
• Austrachelas entabeni Haddad & Mbo, 2017 – South Africa
• Austrachelas incertus Lawrence, 1938 (type) – South Africa
• Austrachelas kalaharinus Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
• Austrachelas merwei Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
• Austrachelas natalensis Lawrence, 1942 – South Africa
• Austrachelas pondoensis Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
• Austrachelas reavelli Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
• Austrachelas sexoculatus Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa
• Austrachelas wassenaari Haddad, Lyle, Bosselaers & Ramírez, 2009 – South Africa

References

1. "Gen. Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
2. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Anna S (2014). Field guide to the spiders of South Africa. Pretoria: LAPA. ISBN 978-0-7993-6018-9. OCLC 870706524.
3. Lawrence, R. F (1938). A collection of spiders from Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum. OCLC 526486468.
4. 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. hdl:11336/102707.