Theuma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Theuma
Species: T. ababensis – T. andonea – T. aprica – T. capensis – T. cedri – T. elucubata – T. foveolata – T. funerea – T. fusca – T. intermedia – T. longipes – T. maculata – T. microphthalma – T. mutica – T. ovambica – T. parva – T. purcelli – T. pusilla – T. recta – T. schreineri – T. schultzei – T. tragardhi – T. velox – T. walteri – T. xylina – T. zuluensis
Name

Theuma Simon, 1893

Type species: Scylax walteri Eugène Simon, 1889
References
Primary references

Theuma is a genus of African long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2]It was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018,[3] then returned in 2022.[1]
Species

As of June 2019 it contains twenty-five species, found only in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa:[1]

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

References

Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Theuma Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. hdl:2027/coo.31924018394266.
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. doi:10.1111/cla.12226. PMID 34706482. S2CID 89926876.