Pongolania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Pongolania
Griswold, 1990[1]
Type species
P. pongola
Griswold, 1990
Species
  • P. chrysionaria Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
  • P. pongola Griswold, 1990 – South Africa

Pongolania is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in South Africa: P. chrysionaria and P. pongola.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Pongolania Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ↑ Griswold, C. E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 196: 1–206.


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