''Poachelas'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Trachelidae
Trachelidae is a family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders (more recently evolved spiders with inward-pointing chelicerae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a subfamily called "Tracheleae" ("Trachelinae" in modern terminology). The ...
, first described by C. R. Haddad & R. Lyle in 2008.
Species
it contains four species:
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Poachelas montanus''
Haddad & Lyle, 2008 – South Africa
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Poachelas refugus''
Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Poachelas solitarius''
Haddad & Lyle, 2008 – Zimbabwe
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Poachelas striatus''
Haddad & Lyle, 2008 (
type
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) – South Africa
References
Araneomorphae genera
Trachelidae
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