Ammoxenidae

Taxobox
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Gnaphosoidea
familia = Ammoxenidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1893
diversity_link = List of Ammoxenidae species
diversity = 4 genera, 18 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = see textThe Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera.

Distribution

Two genera ("Ammoxenus", "Rastellus") occur in Africa, the other two ("Austrammo", "Barrowammo") in Australia.

pecies

"Ammoxenus" Simon, 1893
* "Ammoxenus amphalodes" Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
* "Ammoxenus coccineus" Simon, 1893 (Namibia)
* "Ammoxenus daedalus" Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
* "Ammoxenus kalaharicus" Benoit, 1972 (Botswana, South Africa)
* "Ammoxenus pentheri" Simon, 1896 (Botswana, South Africa)
* "Ammoxenus psammodromus" Simon, 1910 (Southern Africa)

"Austrammo" Platnick, 2002
* "Austrammo harveyi" Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, South Australia)
* "Austrammo hirsti" Platnick, 2002 (South Australia, Tasmania)
* "Austrammo monteithi" Platnick, 2002 (Eastern Australia)
* "Austrammo rossi" Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, Northern Territory)

"Barrowammo" Platnick, 2002
* "Barrowammo waldockae" Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia)

"Rastellus" Platnick & Griffin, 1990
* "Rastellus africanus" Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia, Botswana)
* "Rastellus deserticola" Haddad, 2003 (South Africa)
* "Rastellus florisbad" Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (South Africa)
* "Rastellus kariba" Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Zimbabwe)
* "Rastellus narubis" Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia)
* "Rastellus sabulosus" Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia)
* "Rastellus struthio" Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia, Botswana)

ee also

* List of Ammoxenidae species
* Spider families

References

*Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/494/1/B271.pdf PDF (26Mb)] [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/494 Abstract] (with key to Australian species)
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".