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Genus: Microrchestris

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata > Arachnida > Araneae > Araneomorpha > Family: Sparassidae (huntsman spiders)

Microrchestris is a Namibian endemic genus with two small-sized species (10-12mm long).

Species native to southern Africa

Microrchestris melanogaster

Lawrence, 1962

 

Microrchestris scutatus

Lawrence, 1966

 

Text by Norman Larsen ©