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{{Short description|Family of spiders}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Phyxelididae
| name = Lace web spiders
| image = Ambohima sp. - Phyxelididae (Jeremy Miller).jpg
| image = Vidole capensis 1.jpg
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| image_caption = ''[[Vidole capensis]]''
| image_width = 250px
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| taxon = Phyxelididae
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| image_caption = ''Ambohima sp.'' from Madagascar
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| authority = [[Pekka T. Lehtinen|Lehtinen]], 1967
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
| classis = [[Arachnida]]
| ordo = [[Araneae]]
| subordo = [[Araneomorphae]]
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| superfamilia = [[Titanoecoidea]]
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| familia = '''Phyxelididae'''
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| familia_authority = [[Pekka T. Lehtinen|Lehtinen]], [[1967]]
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| diversity_link = List of Phyxelididae species
| diversity = 12 genera, 54 species
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{{wikispecies|Phyxelididae}}
| range_map = Distribution.phyxelididae.1.png
| range_map = Distribution.phyxelididae.1.png
| range_map_upright = 1.15
| range_map_width = 250px
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| diversity = [[#Genera|14 genera]], [[List of Phyxelididae species|68 species]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
see text
}}
}}


'''Phyxelididae''' is a family of [[Araneomorphae|araneomorph]] [[spider]]s first described by [[Pekka T. Lehtinen]] in 1967 as a subfamily of [[Amaurobiidae]],<ref>{{cite journal| last=Lehtinen| first=P. T.| year=1967| title=Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha| journal=Annales Zoologici Fennici| volume=4| pages=199–468}}</ref> and later elevated to family status as a [[sister group]] of [[Titanoecidae]].<ref>{{cite journal| last1=Griswold| first1=C. E.| last2=Coddington| first2=J. A.| last3=Platnick| first3=N. I.| last4=Forster| first4=R. R.| display-authors=etal| year=1999| title=Towards a phylogeny of entelegyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae)| journal=Journal of Arachnology| volume=27| pages=53–63| url=http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v27_n1/arac_27_01_0053.pdf}}</ref>
The '''Phyxelididae''' are a [[spider]] family with 54 described species in twelve genera. They are grouped with the [[Titanoecidae]] within the Titanoecoidea superfamily.


==Genera==
==Genera==
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{{Main|List of Phyxelididae species}}
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* ''[[Ambohima]]'' Griswold, 1990 (Madagascar)
{{as of|2019|04}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepts the following genera:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Family: Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2019-04-23| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/77}}</ref>
* ''[[Kulalania]]'' Griswold, 1990 (Kenya)
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* ''[[Lamaika]]'' Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
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*''[[Ambohima]]'' <small>Griswold, 1990</small> — Madagascar
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* ''[[Malaika (spider)|Malaika]]'' Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
* ''[[Matundua]]'' Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
*''[[Kulalania]]'' <small>Griswold, 1990</small> — Kenya
* ''[[Namaquarachne]]'' Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
*''[[Lamaika]]'' <small>Griswold, 1990</small> — South Africa
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*''[[Malaika (spider)|Malaika]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — South Africa
* ''[[Phyxelida]]'' [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1894 (Africa, Madagascar, Cyprus, Turkey)
* ''[[Pongolania]]'' Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)
*''[[Manampoka]]'' <small>Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012</small> — Madagascar
* ''[[Themacrys]]'' Simon, 1906 (South Africa)
*''[[Matundua]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — South Africa
* ''[[Vidole]]'' Lehtinen, 1967 (South Africa)
*''[[Namaquarachne]]'' <small>Griswold, 1990</small> — South Africa
* ''[[Vytfutia]]'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 (Sumatra, Borneo)
*''[[Phyxelida]]'' <small>Simon, 1894</small> — Africa, Asia
* ''[[Xevioso (spider)|Xevioso]]'' Lehtinen, 1967 (Africa)
*''[[Pongolania]]'' <small>Griswold, 1990</small> — South Africa
*''[[Rahavavy]]'' <small>Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012</small> — Madagascar
*''[[Themacrys]]'' <small>Simon, 1906</small> — South Africa
*''[[Vidole (spider)|Vidole]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — South Africa, Lesotho
*''[[Vytfutia]]'' <small>Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986</small> — Indonesia
*''[[Xevioso (spider)|Xevioso]]'' <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> — Africa
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==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=180 style="font-size:100%; line-height:130%">
Sp in Phyxelididae, wyfie in webtonnel, Groenkloof NR, c.jpg|The sprawling funnel web with funnel wedged between leaves of a wild fig
Sp in Phyxelididae, wyfie in webtonnel, Groenkloof NR, b.jpg|The central funnel section of the web
Sp in Phyxelididae, wyfie in webtonnel, Groenkloof NR, a.jpg|Female in silk tunnel
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Titanoecoidea]]
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* [[List of Phyxelididae species]]
* [[Araneae families]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Wikispecies|Phyxelididae}}
* Griswold, C., J. Coddington, N. Platnick, and R. Forster (1999). Towards a Phylogeny of Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology 27:53-63. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v27_n1/arac_27_01_0053.pdf PDF]
{{Reflist}}

{{Araneae}}
{{Araneae}}
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[[Category:Phyxelididae|*]]
[[Category:Phyxelididae| ]]
[[Category:Araneomorphae families]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen]]




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Latest revision as of 01:14, 3 January 2024

Lace web spiders
Vidole capensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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[edit]

Main article: List of Phyxelididae species

As of April 2019, 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[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Phyxelididae.
  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.


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