Griswoldia

Griswoldia is a genus of southern African false wolf spiders. It was first described by A. S. Dippenaar-Schoeman and Rudy Jocqué in 1997,[2] and it has only been found in South Africa.[1]

Griswoldia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Griswoldia
Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997[1]
Type species
G. robusta
(Simon, 1898)
Species

12, see text

Species

As of November 2021 it contains twelve species:[1]

  • G. acaenata (Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
  • G. disparilis (Lawrence, 1952) – South Africa
  • G. leleupi (Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
  • G. meikleae (Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
  • G. melana (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
  • G. natalensis (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
  • G. punctata (Lawrence, 1942) – South Africa
  • G. robusta (Simon, 1898) – South Africa
  • G. sibyna (Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
  • G. transversa (Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
  • G. urbensis (Lawrence, 1942) – South Africa
  • G. zuluensis (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Griswoldia Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  2. Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S.; Jocqué, R. (1997). African Spiders: An Identification Manual. Plant Protection Research Institute Pretoria. p. 392. ISBN 9780621175448.

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