Carparachne
Genus of spiders
Carparachne | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Carparachne Lawrence, 1962[1] |
Type species | |
C. alba Lawrence, 1962 | |
Species | |
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Carparachne is a genus of Namibian huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1962.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains two species, found in Namibia: C. alba and C. aureoflava.[1] The golden wheel spider (C. aureoflava) uses cartwheeling to move across hot, sandy ground, similar to the related Cebrennus rechenbergi, which uses a flic-flac motion.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Carparachne Lawrence, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Lawrence, R. F. (1962). "Spiders of the Namib desert". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 24: 197–211.
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