Barrowammo

Barrowammo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Ammoxenidae
Genus:Barrowammo
Species: B. waldockae
Binomial name
Barrowammo waldockae
Platnick, 2002[1]

Barrowammo is a genus of spiders from northern and western Australia in the Ammoxenidae family, first described by Norman Platnick in 2002. The name is a portmanteau of Barrow Island and Ammoxenidae.[2] As of 2017, it contains only one species, Barrowammo waldockae.[1] Members of this genus are most similar to Austrammo, but there are several distinct differences. Notably, they lack setae on the back of the last segment of the pedipalp, which is a defining characteristic of Austrammo. In males, there are tubercles on the bulb of the pedipalp and a scutum on the back of the abdomen that doesn't occur in members of Austrammo. In females, the abdomen is rectangular, while those of Austrammo are triangular.[2] These differences were considered enough to create a new genus.

References

  1. 1 2 "Family: Ammoxenidae Simon,1893". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  2. 1 2 Platnick, N.I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 18–19.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.