Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae, and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae.
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Genera
, this family includes fourteen genera and 68 species:
- Ambohima <small>, 1990</small> â Madagascar
- Kulalania <small>Griswold, 1990</small> â Kenya
- Lamaika <small>Griswold, 1990</small> â South Africa
- Malaika <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> â South Africa
- Manampoka <small>Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012</small> â Madagascar
- Matundua <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> â South Africa
- Namaquarachne <small>Griswold, 1990</small> â South Africa
- Phyxelida <small>Simon, 1894</small> â Eastern Africa, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, Cyprus, East Africa
- Pongolania <small>Griswold, 1990</small> â South Africa
- Rahavavy <small>Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012</small> â Madagascar
- Themacrys <small>Simon, 1906</small> â Lesotho, South Africa
- Vidole <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> â Lesotho, South Africa
- Vytfutia <small>Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986</small> â Madagascar, Indonesia, Malaysia
- Xevioso <small>Lehtinen, 1967</small> â Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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