Themacrys

Genus of spiders

Themacrys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Themacrys
Simon, 1906[1]
Type species
T. irrorata
Simon, 1906
Species

5, see text

Themacrys is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1906.[2]

Species

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

  • Themacrys cavernicola (Lawrence, 1939) – South Africa
  • Themacrys irrorata Simon, 1906 (type) – South Africa
  • Themacrys monticola (Lawrence, 1939) – South Africa
  • Themacrys silvicola (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
  • Themacrys ukhahlamba Griswold, 1990 – South Africa

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Themacrys Simon, 1906". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1906). "Etude sur les araignées de la section des cribellates". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 50: 284–308. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.19947.
Taxon identifiers
Themacrys


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