Theuma is a genus of African long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2] It was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018,[3] then returned in 2022.[1]

Theuma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Theuma
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
T. walteri
(Simon, 1889)
Species

25, see text

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains twenty-five species, found only in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Theuma Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. hdl:2027/coo.31924018394266.
  3. ^ Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226. PMID 34706482. S2CID 89926876.