Ammoxenidae

Ammoxenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Superfamily:Gnaphosoidea
Family:Ammoxenidae
Simon, 1893[1]
Genera

See text.

Diversity
4 genera, 18 species

The Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera. A common name for the family is "termite hunters."[2]

Distribution

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

Species

As of September 2018, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant genera and species:[1]

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

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

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Family Ammoxenidae Simon,1893", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-22
  2. ↑ Kelly, Lynne (2009). Spiders: Learning to Love Them. Allen & Unwin. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-74175-179-6.

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)


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