Carparachne

Carparachne is a genus of Namibian huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1962.^[2] As of September 2019^[update] it contains two species, found in Namibia: C. alba and C. aureoflava.^[1] 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.

Carparachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Carparachne Lawrence, 1962[1]
Type species
C. alba Lawrence, 1962
Species
C. alba Lawrence, 1962 – Namibia C. aureoflava Lawrence, 1966 – Namibia

See also

• List of Sparassidae species