Psammorygma is a genus of African ant spiders found in the deserts of southern Africa, namely the Kalahari desert and the Namib desert.[2] They are somewhat larger spiders, growing up to twenty millimeters in length. The carapace and chelicerae are brightly colored, while the legs and abdomen are generally a darker black or gray. They can be distinguished from other genera by a knob-like proximal extension found on the cheliceral fang and a double row of dorsal spines in a specific location.[2] First described in 1991 by Jocqué, the name is from the Greekpsammon, meaning "sand", and orugma, meaning "mine", in reference to the sandy tunnels these spiders live in.[2] As of February 2019[update], it contains only three species: P. aculeatum, P. caligatum, and P. rutilans.[1]
^ ab"Zodariidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
^ abcJocqué, R. (1991). "A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 201: 125–128.
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psammorygma, genus, african, spiders, found, deserts, southern, africa, namely, kalahari, desert, namib, desert, they, somewhat, larger, spiders, growing, twenty, millimeters, length, carapace, chelicerae, brightly, colored, while, legs, abdomen, generally, da. Psammorygma is a genus of African ant spiders found in the deserts of southern Africa namely the Kalahari desert and the Namib desert 2 They are somewhat larger spiders growing up to twenty millimeters in length The carapace and chelicerae are brightly colored while the legs and abdomen are generally a darker black or gray They can be distinguished from other genera by a knob like proximal extension found on the cheliceral fang and a double row of dorsal spines in a specific location 2 First described in 1991 by Jocque the name is from the Greek psammon meaning sand and orugma meaning mine in reference to the sandy tunnels these spiders live in 2 As of February 2019 update it contains only three species P aculeatum P caligatum and P rutilans 1 Psammorygma P aculeatum Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Arachnida Order Araneae Infraorder Araneomorphae Family Zodariidae Genus PsammorygmaJocque 1 Type species Psammorygma caligatum Species Psammorygma aculeatum Karsch 1878 Psammorygma caligatum Jocque 1991Psammorygma rutilans Simon 1887 References edit a b Zodariidae World Spider Catalog Natural History Museum Bern Retrieved 2019 03 05 a b c Jocque R 1991 A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae Araneae Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201 125 128 This Zodariidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Psammorygma amp oldid 1196928539, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
