- Lygromma anops
Taxobox
name = "Lygromma anops"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
familia =Prodidomidae
genus = "Lygromma "
species = "L. anops"
binomial = "Lygromma anops"
binomial_authority = Peck & Shear, 1987
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synonyms ="Lygromma anops" is one of only three known eyeless spiders in the superfamily
Gnaphosoidea , and one of only two knowntroglobite s (cave species). It is found inlava caves onIsla Santa Cruz ,Galápagos .It is possible that "L. anops", like many inhabitants of lava caves, colonizes new caves through interconnecting cracks and crevices, and that these small spaces are in reality its main habitat.
Males reach a body length of about 3.4 mm.
"L. anops" seems to be closely related with "L. senoculatum", "L. valencianum" and "L. huberti" from
Venezuela ."
Lygromma gertschi ", a blind, cave-inhabiting species fromJamaica is not a close relative of "L. anops".References
* Peck, S.B. & Shear, W.A. (1987). A new blind cavernicolous "Lygromma" (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from the Galápagos Islands. "Can. Ent." 119:105-108.
* 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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