Carparachne
Sign in to saveCarparachne is a genus of Namibian huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1962. it contains two species, found in Namibia: C. alba and C. aureoflava. 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.
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Carparachne is a genus of Namibian huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1962. it contains two species, found in Namibia: C. alba and C. aureoflava. 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.
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