Theumella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Theumella
Strand, 1906[1]
Type species
T. typica
Strand, 1906
Species
  • T. penicillata Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • T. typica Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia

Theumella is a genus of Ethiopian ground spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1906.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Ethiopia: T. penicillata and T. typica.[1] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Theumella Strand, 1906". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Strand, E. (1906). "Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 30: 655–690.
  3. Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.


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