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Genus: Orchestrella

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata > Arachnida > Araneae > Araneomorpha > Family: Sparassidae (huntsman spiders)

Orchestrella sp. [image N. Larsen ©]

Orchestrella is a Namibian endemic genus with two species (10-18 mm long).

Species native to southern Africa

Orchestrella caroli

Lawrence, 1966

Namibia

 

Orchestrella longipes

Lawrence, 1965

Namibia

 

Text by Norman Larsen ©