Ibala
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Ibala
|type_species=I. arcus
|type_species_authority=(Tucker, 1923)
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision=17, see text
}}
Ibala is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by M. J. FitzPatrick in 2009.{{cite journal|last=FitzPatrick|first=M. J.|year=2009|title=A revision of the Afrotropical species of Setaphis and the description of a new genus (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae).|journal=Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein|pages=73–106|volume=25}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains seventeen species:{{cite web|title=Gen. Ibala Fitzpatrick, 2009|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/944|doi=10.24436/2}}
- Ibala arcus (Tucker, 1923) (type) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Ibala bilinearis (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
- Ibala bulawayensis (Tucker, 1923) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Ibala declani Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
- Ibala gonono Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
- Ibala hessei (Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia
- Ibala isikela Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Ibala kaokoensis (Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia
- Ibala kevini Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
- Ibala kylae Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
- Ibala lapidaria (Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia
- Ibala mabalauta Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
- Ibala minshullae Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe
- Ibala okorosave Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Namibia
- Ibala omuramba (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
- Ibala quadrativulva (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
- Ibala robinsoni Fitzpatrick, 2009 – Zimbabwe, Botswana
References
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