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]
| Austrachelas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Dippenaar-Schoeman, Anna S (2014). Field guide to the spiders of South Africa. Pretoria: LAPA. ISBN 978-0-7993-6018-9. OCLC 870706524.
- ^ Lawrence, R. F (1938). A collection of spiders from Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum. OCLC 526486468.
- ^ 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.
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