Avelis
Sign in to saveAvelis is a monotypic genus of African crab spiders containing the single species, Avelis hystriculus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895, and is endemic to South Africa.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Thomisidae
- Collections
- ARC-PPRI
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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Avelis is a monotypic genus of African crab spiders containing the single species, Avelis hystriculus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895, and is endemic to South Africa.
==Distribution== Avelis hystriculus has a wide distribution across South Africa, having been recorded from the provinces Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West, and Western Cape.
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