Brachyphaea
Genus of spiders
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Brachyphaea is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by W. Bösenberg & Heinrich Lenz in 1895.[2]
| Brachyphaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Brachyphaea Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. simoni Simon, 1895 | |
| Species | |
|
7, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- Brachyphaea berlandi Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
- Brachyphaea castanea Simon, 1896 – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
- Brachyphaea hulli Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
- Brachyphaea proxima Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
- Brachyphaea simoni Simon, 1895 (type) – East Africa
- Brachyphaea simpliciaculeata Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Brachyphaea vulpina Simon, 1896 – Mozambique