Theuma (spider)

Theuma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Prodidomidae
Genus:Theuma
Simon[1]
Type species
Theuma walteri
Species

26, see text

Theuma is a genus of spiders in the Prodidomidae family. It was first described in 1893 by Simon. As of 2017, it contains 26 species, all found in Namibia or South Africa, with the sole exception of the possibly erroneous Theuma walteri found in Turkmenistan.[1]

Species

Theuma comprises the following species:[1]

  • Theuma ababensis Tucker, 1923
  • Theuma andonea Lawrence, 1927
  • Theuma aprica Simon, 1893
  • Theuma capensis Purcell, 1907
  • Theuma cedri Purcell, 1907
  • Theuma elucubata Tucker, 1923
  • Theuma foveolata Tucker, 1923
  • Theuma funerea Lawrence, 1928
  • Theuma fusca Purcell, 1907
  • Theuma intermedia Strand, 1915
  • Theuma longipes Lawrence, 1927
  • Theuma maculata Purcell, 1907
  • Theuma microphthalma Lawrence, 1928
  • Theuma mutica Purcell, 1907
  • Theuma ovambica Lawrence, 1927
  • Theuma parva Purcell, 1907
  • Theuma purcelli Tucker, 1923
  • Theuma pusilla Purcell, 1908
  • Theuma recta Lawrence, 1927
  • Theuma schreineri Purcell, 1907
  • Theuma schultzei Purcell, 1908
  • Theuma tragardhi Lawrence, 1947
  • Theuma velox Purcell, 1908
  • Theuma walteri (Simon, 1889)
  • Theuma xylina Simon, 1893
  • Theuma zuluensis Lawrence, 1947

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Prodidomidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-12.


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