World Spider Catalog

Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated from subfamily of Amaurobiidae and placed as sister group of Titanoecidae by Griswold et al., 1999: 59.

Gen. Matundua Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02065

N.B.: transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Phyxelididae by Griswold et al., 1999: 59.

Transferred to other genera:

Matundua hottentotta (Pocock, 1900) -- see Namaquarachne

Nomen nudum:

Matundua trifoveata Lehtinen, 1967: 247, f. 395 (f, South Africa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055606] , new name for f of Auximus [= Namaquarachne] hottentottus sensu Purcell, 1908: 216, no description

Matundua silvatica (Purcell, 1904) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023126

Auximus silvaticus Purcell, 1904: 132, pl. 10, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Matundua silvatica Lehtinen, 1967: 247, f. 396 (Tf from Auximus=Lathys; not f. 385, m from Namaquarachne hottentotta, =Namaquarachne thaumatula)

Matundua silvatica Griswold, 1990: 55, f. 1c, 3c, 12a, 17c, 18a-e (f, Dm)

Matundua silvatica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 11, 4 f. (mf)