Phyxelididae

Lace web spiders
Vidole capensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967
Diversity
14 genera, 68 species

Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae,[1] and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae.[2]

Genera

Main article: List of Phyxelididae species

As of April 2019^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[3]

• Ambohima Griswold, 1990 — Madagascar
• Kulalania Griswold, 1990 — Kenya
• Lamaika Griswold, 1990 — South Africa
• Malaika Lehtinen, 1967 — South Africa
• Manampoka Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar
• Matundua Lehtinen, 1967 — South Africa
• Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990 — South Africa
• Phyxelida Simon, 1894 — Africa, Asia
• Pongolania Griswold, 1990 — South Africa
• Rahavavy Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar
• Themacrys Simon, 1906 — South Africa
• Vidole Lehtinen, 1967 — South Africa, Lesotho
• Vytfutia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 — Indonesia
• Xevioso Lehtinen, 1967 — Africa

Gallery

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  The sprawling funnel web with funnel wedged between leaves of a wild fig
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  The central funnel section of the web
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  Female in silk tunnel

See also

• Titanoecoidea

References

1. 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.
2. Griswold, C. E.; Coddington, J. A.; Platnick, N. I.; Forster, R. R.; et al. (1999). "Towards a phylogeny of entelegyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 27: 53–63.
3. "Family: Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-23.