Malaika (spider)

Malaika
M. longipes
M. longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Malaika
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
M. longipes
(Purcell, 1904)
Species
  • M. delicatula Griswold, 1990
  • M. longipes (Purcell, 1904)

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

Species

As of September 2025 this genus contains two described species, found only in South Africa:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Malaika 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.


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