Malaika (spider)

Malaika
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Malaika
Lehtinen, 1967
Type species
M. longipes
(Purcell, 1904)
Species
  • M. delicatula Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
  • M. longipes (Purcell, 1904) – South Africa

Malaika is a genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in South Africa: M. delicatula and M. longipes.