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Ammoxenidae

 
Wikipedia: Ammoxenidae
Ammoxenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Gnaphosoidea
Family: Ammoxenidae
Simon, 1893
Diversity
4 genera, 18 species

Genera

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The Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera.

Contents

Distribution

Two genera (Ammoxenus, Rastellus) occur in Africa, the other two (Austrammo, Barrowammo) in Australia.

Species

Ammoxenus Simon, 1893

  • Ammoxenus amphalodes Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
  • Ammoxenus coccineus Simon, 1893 (Namibia)
  • Ammoxenus daedalus Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
  • Ammoxenus kalaharicus Benoit, 1972 (Botswana, South Africa)
  • Ammoxenus pentheri Simon, 1896 (Botswana, South Africa)
  • Ammoxenus psammodromus Simon, 1910 (Southern Africa)

Austrammo Platnick, 2002

  • Austrammo harveyi Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, South Australia)
  • Austrammo hirsti Platnick, 2002 (South Australia, Tasmania)
  • Austrammo monteithi Platnick, 2002 (Eastern Australia)
  • Austrammo rossi Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, Northern Territory)

Barrowammo Platnick, 2002

  • Barrowammo waldockae Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia)

Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990

  • 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)

See also

References

  • Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract (with key to Australian species)
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.



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