Izithunzi

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

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| taxon = Izithunzi

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| authority = Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018

| type_species = I. capense (Simon, 1893)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 5, see text

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Izithunzi is a genus of false violin spiders first described by F. M. Labarque, A. Pérez-González & Charles Edward Griswold in 2018.{{cite journal| last1=Labarque| first1=F. M.| last2=Pérez-González| first2=A.| last3=Griswold| first3=C. E.| year=2018| title=Molecular phylogeny and revision of the false violin spiders (Araneae: Drymusidae) of Africa.| journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| pages=390–430| volume=183| issue=2| doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx088}}

Species

{{as of|2024|11}} it contains five species:{{cite web| title=Gen. Izithunzi Labarque, Pérez-González & Griswold, 2018| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-03-31| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5663}}

References

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Category:Endemic spiders of South Africa

Category:Araneomorphae genera

Category:Drymusidae

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