Theuma (spider) explained

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

Species

it contains twenty-five species, found only in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa:^[3]

• Theuma ababensis Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Theuma andonea Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Theuma aprica Simon, 1893 – South Africa
• Theuma capensis Purcell, 1907 – Botswana, South Africa
• Theuma cedri Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
• Theuma elucubata Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Theuma foveolata Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Theuma funerea Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
• Theuma fusca Purcell, 1907 – Namibia, South Africa
• Theuma longipes Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Theuma maculata Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
• Theuma microphthalma Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
• Theuma mutica Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
• Theuma ovambica Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Theuma parva Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
• Theuma purcelli Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Theuma pusilla Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
• Theuma recta Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Theuma schreineri Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
• Theuma schultzei Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
• Theuma tragardhi Lawrence, 1947 – South Africa
• Theuma velox Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
• Theuma walteri (Simon, 1889) (type) – Turkmenistan?
• Theuma xylina Simon, 1893 – South Africa
• Theuma zuluensis Lawrence, 1947 – South Africa

See also

• List of Prodidominae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1893. Histoire naturelle das araignées. 257–488. Paris 1. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène_Simon. 2027/coo.31924018394266.
2. 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. 10.1111/cla.12226. 34706482. 89926876. free.
3. Gen. Theuma Simon, 1893. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.