Published November 2, 2020 | Version Atypidae Guide 2020 version 1: 1-7
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South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide: The Atypidae of South Africa

  • 1. University of Venda
  • 2. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein,
  • 3. National Museum Bloemfontein

Description

The family Atypidae is known from five genera and 90 species (World Spider Catalog 2020). Only one genus, Calommata Lucas, 1837, represented by13 species, are known from Africa and two of them from South Africa. They are very rare spiders and both of them are restricted endemics. Calommata meridionalis Fourie, Haddad & Jocqué, 2011 is listed as Near Threatened under the B criterion and Calommata transvaalica Hewitt, 1916 Vulnerable under the B criterion.

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