Rastellus is a genus of African termite hunters first described by Norman I. Platnick & E. Griffin in 1990.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990[1] |
| Type species | |
| R. africanus Platnick & Griffin, 1990
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Species edit
As of April 2019[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- Rastellus africanus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia, Botswana
- Rastellus deserticola Haddad, 2003 – South Africa
- Rastellus florisbad Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – South Africa
- Rastellus kariba Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Zimbabwe
- Rastellus narubis Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia
- Rastellus sabulosus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia
- Rastellus struthio Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia, Botswana
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Platnick, N. I.; Griffin, E. (1990). "On Rastellus, a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". American Museum Novitates (2995): 1–11.