''Chiasmopes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Pavesi in 1883.
Species
it contains four species, found only in Africa:
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Chiasmopes hystrix''
(Berland Berland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*André Berland (1940–2025), French historian and biographer
*Bjørn Berland (born 1977), Norwegian footballer
*Eliezer Berland (born 1937), Israeli Breslov rabbi
*François Berléan ...
, 1922) – Ethiopia
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Chiasmopes lineatus''
( Pocock, 1898) – Central, East, Southern Africa
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Chiasmopes namaquensis''
( Roewer, 1955) – Namibia
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Chiasmopes signatus''
(Pocock, 1902) – South Africa
See also
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List of Pisauridae species
This article lists all described species of the spider family Pisauridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Afropisaura''
'' Afropisaura'' Blandin, 1976
* '' A. ducis'' (Strand, 1913) — West, Central, East Africa
* '' A. rothiformis'' ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pisauridae
Spiders of Africa
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