| Carparachne | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: |
Carparachne Lawrence, 1962 [1] |
| Type species | |
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C. alba Lawrence, 1962
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| Species | |
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Carparachne is a genus of Namibian huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1962. [2] As of September 2019 [update] it contains two species, found in Namibia: C. alba and C. aureoflava. [1] The golden wheel spider (C. aureoflava) uses cartwheeling to move across hot, sandy ground, similar to the related Cebrennus rechenbergi, which uses a flic-flac motion.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Carparachne Lawrence, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi: 10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Lawrence, R. F. (1962). "Spiders of the Namib desert". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 24: 197–211.