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
Superfamilia: Zodaroidea
Familia: Zodariidae
Subfamilia: Cydrelinae
Genus: Psammorygma
Species: P. aculeatum – P. caligatum – P. rutilans
Name
Psammorygma Jocqué, 1991
Type species: Psammorygma caligata Jocqué, 1991
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Decorated burrowing spider (Psammorygma aculeatum), Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
References
Jocqué, R. 1991. A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201: 1–160. [126] PDF
Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Psammorygma is a genus of African ant spiders found in the deserts of southern Africa, namely the Kalahari desert and the Namib desert.[2] They are somewhat larger spiders, growing up to twenty millimeters in length. The carapace and chelicerae are brightly colored, while the legs and abdomen are generally a darker black or gray. They can be distinguished from other genera by a knob-like proximal extension found on the cheliceral fang and a double row of dorsal spines in a specific location.[2] First described in 1991 by Jocqué, the name is from the Greek psammon, meaning "sand", and orugma, meaning "mine", in reference to the sandy tunnels these spiders live in.[2] As of February 2019, it contains only three species: P. aculeatum, P. caligatum, and P. rutilans.[1]
References
"Zodariidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
Jocqué, R. (1991). "A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 201: 125–128.
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