- Lygromma
Taxobox
name = "Lygromma"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
familia =Prodidomidae
genus = "Lygromma"
genus_authority = Simon, 1893
diversity_link = List of Prodidomidae species#Lygromma
diversity = 19 species
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Lygromma" is a spider genus of Central and
South America . There are species with eight, six (eg., "L. senoculatum", "L. valencianum") and no eyes. The eyeless "L. anops" is endemic toGalapagos , while the not closely related blind "L. gertschi" is found only onJamaica .The Mexican genus "
Tivodrassus ", and "Tricongius " have been suggested as sister groups of "Lygromma".Species reach a body length from about 2 to 4.6 mm.
pecies
* "
Lygromma anops " Peck & Shear, 1987 — Galapagos Islands
* "Lygromma chamberlini " Gertsch, 1941 — Panama, Colombia, Cuba
* "Lygromma domingo " Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Ecuador
* "Lygromma dybasi " Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Costa Rica, Panama
* "Lygromma gasnieri " Brescovit & Höfer, 1993 — Brazil
* "Lygromma gertschi " Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Jamaica
* "Lygromma huberti " Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Venezuela, Brazil
* "Lygromma kochalkai " Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Colombia
* "Lygromma peckorum " Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Colombia
* "Lygromma peruvianum " Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Peru
* "Lygromma quindio " Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Colombia
* "Lygromma senoculatum " Simon, 1893 — Venezuela
* "Lygromma simoni " (Berland, 1913) — Ecuador
* "Lygromma taruma " Brescovit & Bonaldo, 1998 — Brazil
* "Lygromma tuxtla " Platnick, 1978 — Mexico
* "Lygromma valencianum " Simon, 1893 — Venezuela
* "Lygromma volcan " Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
* "Lygromma wygodzinskyi " Platnick, 1978 — Colombia
* "Lygromma ybyguara " Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — BrazilReferences
* Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. (1976). A revision of the spider genera "Lygromma" and "Neozimiris" (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). "Amer. Mus. Novitates" 2598:1-23. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/2916/1/N2598.pdf PDF (8Mb)] - [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2916 Abstract] (with key to species)
* Platnick, N.I. (1977). Two new species of "Lygromma" (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). "J. Arachnol." 5:151-152. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v5_n2/JoA_v5_p151.pdf PDF] ("L. tuxtla", "L. wygodzinskyi")
* Shear, W.A. & Peck, S.B. (1992). Male of the blind cave gnaphosoid "Lygromma anops" (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea, Prodidomidae) from Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. "Journal of Arachnology" 20:69-71. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v20_n1/%20JoA_v20_p69.pdf PDF]
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".
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