''Ibala'' is a
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of
Africa
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n
ground spiders that was first described by M. J. FitzPatrick in 2009.
Species
it contains seventeen species:
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Ibala arcus''
(Tucker, 1923) (
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) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
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Ibala bilinearis''
(Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
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Ibala bulawayensis''
(Tucker, 1923) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
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Ibala declani''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
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Ibala gonono''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
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Ibala hessei''
(Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia
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Ibala isikela''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Ibala kaokoensis''
(Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia
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Ibala kevini''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
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Ibala kylae''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
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Ibala lapidaria''
(Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia
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Ibala mabalauta''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
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Ibala minshullae''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
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Ibala okorosave''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Namibia
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Ibala omuramba''
(Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
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Ibala quadrativulva''
(Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
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Ibala robinsoni''
Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe, Botswana
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
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