''Rahavavy'' 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
Malagasy 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
Phyxelididae
Phyxelididae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae, and later elevated to family status as a sister group of Titanoecidae.
Genera
, the World Spider Catalog
The World ...
, and was first described by C. E. Griswold, H. M. Wood & A. D. Carmichael in 2012.
it contains only three species, found only on
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
: ''
R. fanivelona'', ''
R. ida'', and ''
R. malagasyana''.
See also
*
List of Phyxelididae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Phyxelididae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Ambohima''
'' Ambohima'' Griswold, 1990
* '' A. andrefana'' Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 — Madagascar
* '' A. antsinanana' ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Phyxelididae
Spiders of Madagascar
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