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Hexophthalma
Sign in to saveHexophthalma is a southern African genus of spiders in the family Sicariidae. The English name six-eyed sand spiders is used for members of the genus, particularly Hexophthalma hahni.
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Vinony's link graph records 14 inbound references to Hexophthalma, and connects out to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Araneomorphae genera and Sicariidae.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
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- Parent taxon
- Sicariidae
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- Hexophthalma
- taxon name
- Hexophthalma
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- genus
- taxonomic type
- Hexophthalma hahni
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Hexophthalma is a southern African genus of spiders in the family Sicariidae. The English name six-eyed sand spiders is used for members of the genus, particularly Hexophthalma hahni.
Species in the genus have dermonecrotic venom, and can potentially cause serious or even life-threatening wounds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hexophthalma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.