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Invertebrates on the Mogalakwena Reserves

Phylum: Arthropoda

   Subphylum: Chelicerata

     Class: Arachnida

       Order: Araneae (spiders)
           Harpactira sp. - baboon spider
         Family: Selenopidae
           Anyphops, Selenops sp. - wall crab spider ('flatties')
         Family: Lycosidae (wolf spiders)
           Lycosa, Geolycosa sp. - trapdoor wolf spider
         Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders)
           Identification only to family level
         Family: Zodariidae (armoured spiders)
           Identification only to family level
         Family: Nephilidae (golden orb-web spiders)
           Nephila sp. - golden orb-web spider
         Family: Pholcidae (daddy long legs spiders)
           Smeringopus sp. - daddy long legs spiders

       Order: Scorpiones (scorpions)
         Family: Ischnuridae
           Hadogenes troglodytes - rock scorpion
         Family: Buthidae
           Parabuthus transvaalicus - Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion
           Parabuthus mossambicensis -
         Family: Scorpionidae
           Opistophthalmus wahlbergii -

       Acari (7 orders) (Ticks and mites)
           Dinothrombium sp. - velvet mite

       Order: Amblypygi (whipscorpions)
           tailless whip scorpion

       Order: Solpugida (Solifugae) (sunspiders)
           Identification only to ordinal level