Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae, and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae.
Life style
Genera
, this family includes fourteen genera and 68 species:
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 – Eastern Africa, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, Cyprus, East Africa Pongolania Griswold, 1990 – South Africa Rahavavy Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar Themacrys Simon, 1906 – Lesotho, South Africa Vidole Lehtinen, 1967 – Lesotho, South Africa Vytfutia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Madagascar, Indonesia, Malaysia Xevioso Lehtinen, 1967 – Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe
See also Titanoecoidea
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