Vidole (spider)

Vidole
Vidole capensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Phyxelididae
Genus:	Vidole Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
V. capensis (Pocock, 1900)
Species
5, see text

Vidole is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains five species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa:[1]

Vidole capensis

• Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) (type) – South Africa
• Vidole helicigyna Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
• Vidole lyra Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
• Vidole schreineri (Purcell, 1904) – South Africa
• Vidole sothoana Griswold, 1990 – Lesotho, South Africa

See also

• List of Phyxelididae species

References

1. "Gen. Vidole Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
2. 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.