Carparachne | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Carparachne Lawrence, 1962[1] |
Type species | |
C. alba Lawrence, 1962
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Species | |
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Carparachne is a genus of Namibian huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1962.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains two species, found in Namibia: C. alba and C. aureoflava.[1] The golden wheel spider (C. aureoflava) uses cartwheeling to move across hot, sandy ground, similar to the related Cebrennus rechenbergi, which uses a flic-flac motion.