Phyxelididae
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| Lace web spiders | |
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| female Themacrys irrorata | |
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| female Vidole capensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967 |
| Diversity | |
| 14 genera, 68 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae,[1] and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae.[2]
Funnel web with funnel wedged between leaves of a wild fig
The central funnel section of the web
Female in silk tunnel
Genera
female Vidole sothoana
male V. sothoana
As of January 2026[update], this family includes fourteen genera and 68 species:[3]
- Ambohima Griswold, 1990 – Madagascar
- Kulalania Griswold, 1990 – Kenya
- Lamaika Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
- Malaika Lehtinen, 1967 – South Africa
- Manampoka Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
- Matundua Lehtinen, 1967 – South Africa
- Namaquarachne Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
- Phyxelida Simon, 1894 – Eastern Africa, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, Cyprus, East Africa
- Pongolania Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
- Rahavavy Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
- Themacrys Simon, 1906 – Lesotho, South Africa
- Vidole Lehtinen, 1967 – Lesotho, South Africa
- Vytfutia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 – Madagascar, Indonesia, Malaysia
- Xevioso Lehtinen, 1967 – Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe
