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Gorgyrella
Gorgyrella sp. "African Red Trapdoor Spider"
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Gorgyrella Purcell, 1902
Type species
G. namaquensis Purcell, 1902
Species
4, see text

Gorgyrella is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species and one subspecies:

• Gorgyrella hirschhorni (Hewitt, 1919) – Zimbabwe
• Gorgyrella inermis Tucker, 1917 – Tanzania
• Gorgyrella namaquensis Purcell, 1902 (type) – South Africa
• Gorgyrella schreineri Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • Gorgyrella s. minor (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa

See also

• List of Idiopidae species

References

1. ^ "Gen. Gorgyrella Purcell, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
2. Purcell, W. F. (1902). "New South African trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 11: 348–382. doi:10.1080/21560382.1900.9525972.

External links

[REDACTED] Data related to Gorgyrella at Wikispecies [REDACTED] Media related to Gorgyrella at Wikimedia Commons

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