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Segregara

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Segregara
Male Segregara sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Segregara
Tucker, 1917[1]
Type species
S. transvaalensis
(Hewitt, 1913)
Species

Segregara is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1917.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species, all found in South Africa: S. abrahami, S. paucispinulosa, and S. transvaalensis.[1] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Segregara Tucker, 1917". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. ^ Tucker, R. W. E. (1917). "On some South African Aviculariidae (Arachnida). Families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Diplotheleae and Dipluridae". Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 79–138.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 138.