This website is intended for everyone interested in spider, scorpions and other arachnids. It is the website of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) a project coordinated by the ARC.
Spiders
The schizomids are very small arachnids usually smaller than 3 mm and very rare. They occur in the warmer tropical regions of the world and about 200 species are known. From South Africa a single species,
Lawrence, has been described, from Dukuduku in KwaZulu-Natal in 1947.
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Scorpions
Pseudoscorpions
Solifugae
Harvestmen
Mites and Ticks
Whipspiders
Palpigradi
Co-ordinators :A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, e-mail: dippenaara@arc.agric.za