''Griswoldia'' 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 southern African
false wolf spiders. It was first described by A. S. Dippenaar-Schoeman and Rudy Jocqué in 1997,
and it has only been found in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
.
Species
it contains twelve species:
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G. acaenata''
(Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
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G. disparilis''
(Lawrence, 1952) – South Africa
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G. leleupi''
(Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
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G. meikleae''
(Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
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G. melana''
(Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
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G. natalensis''
(Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
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G. punctata''
(Lawrence, 1942) – South Africa
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G. robusta''
(Simon, 1898) – South Africa
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G. sibyna''
(Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
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G. transversa''
(Griswold, 1991) – South Africa
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G. urbensis''
(Lawrence, 1942) – South Africa
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G. zuluensis''
(Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
See also
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List of Zoropsidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Zoropsidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Akamasia''
'' Akamasia'' Bosselaers, 2002
* '' A. cyprogenia'' (Bosselaers, 1997) (type) — Cyprus
''Anachemmis''
'' Anachemmis' ...
References
Further reading
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Zoropsidae genera
Spiders of South Africa
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