''Malaika'' is a
genus of
South African
araneomorph spiders in the family
Phyxelididae, and was first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated.
Biography
Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...
in 1967.
it contains only two species, found only in
South Africa: ''
M. delicatula'' and ''
M. longipes''.
See also
*
List of Phyxelididae species
References
Endemic fauna of South Africa
Araneomorphae genera
Phyxelididae
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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