Galeosoma

Galeosoma is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1903.[2]

Galeosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Galeosoma
Purcell, 1903[1]
Type species
G. scutatum
Purcell, 1903
Species

12, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains twelve species and three subspecies:[1]

  • Galeosoma coronatum Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
    • Galeosoma c. sphaeroideum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma crinitum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma hirsutum Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma mossambicum Hewitt, 1919 – Mozambique
  • Galeosoma pallidum Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
    • Galeosoma p. pilosum Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma planiscutatum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma pluripunctatum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma robertsi Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma schreineri Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma scutatum Purcell, 1903 (type) – South Africa
  • Galeosoma vandami Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
    • Galeosoma v. circumjunctum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
  • Galeosoma vernayi Hewitt, 1935 – Botswana

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Galeosoma Purcell, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. Purcell, W. F. (1903). "New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae". Annals of the South African Museum. 3: 69–142.

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