Ammoxenidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea

Familia: Ammoxenidae
Genera (4): Ammoxenus – Austrammo – Barrowammo – Rastellus
Name

Ammoxenidae Simon, 1893

References
Primary references

Simon, E. 1893. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 257–488. [452]

selected 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 American Museum of Natural History, (271) abstract and pdf

selected links

The World Spider Catalog, Version 15.5

additional links

EoL

Vernacular names
English: Termite Hunters
中文: 沙蛛科

Ammoxenidae, also known as termite hunters,[1] is a small family of spiders with eighteen species in four genera. Ammoxenus and Rastellus occur in Africa, while Austrammo and Barrowammo occur in Australia.[2]

Species of Ammoxenidae are reported to feed exclusively on termites. Based on molecular analysis of the spiders' gut contents, Ammoxenus amphalodes was shown to feed only on Hodotermes mossambicus.[3]
Genera

As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]

Ammoxenus Simon, 1893
Austrammo Platnick, 2002
Barrowammo Platnick, 2002
Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990