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| taxon = Chummidae
| taxon = Chumma
| image = <!--Chumma inquieta (Jeremy Miller).jpg-->
| image = <!--Chumma inquieta (Jeremy Miller).jpg-->
| image_width = 250px
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = <!--''Chumma inquieta''-->
| image_caption = <!--''Chumma inquieta''-->
| authority = [[Rudy Jocqué| Jocqué]], 2001
| parent_authority = Jocqué, 2001<ref name=WSC_f496/>
| authority = [[Rudy Jocqué| Jocqué]], 2001<ref name=WSC_f496/>
| diversity_link = List of Chummidae species
| diversity_link = List of Chummidae species
| diversity = 1 genus, 2 species
| diversity = 1 genus, 2 species
| genus = '''''Chumma'''''
| genus_authority = Jocqué, 2001
| type_species = ''[[Chumma inquieta]]''
| type_species = ''[[Chumma inquieta]]''
| type_species_authority = Jocqué, 2001
| type_species_authority = Jocqué, 2001<ref name=WSC_f496/>
| range_map = Distribution.chummidae.1.png
| range_map = Distribution.chummidae.1.png
| range_map_width = 250px
| range_map_width = 250px
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text.
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The '''Chummidae''' are a tiny [[spider]] family with only two described species in one genus. Both were first described in 2001. Both species are known from males and females.
'''''Chumma''''' is a [[spider]] [[genus]] with only two described species, {{as of|2016|February|lc=yes}}. The genus is the only one in the family '''Chummidae'''. Both species were first described in 2001 and are known from males and females.<ref name=WSC_f496/>


They are small, three-clawed spiders with a strong dorsal [[scutum]]. They have no [[Fovea (spider)|fovea]], and the posterior and median [[spinneret (spider)|spinnerets]] are reduced. The males of ''C. gastroperforata'' have two pairs of abdominal pockets, which play a role in mating.<ref>Jocqué 2001</ref>
They are small, three-clawed spiders with a strong dorsal [[scutum]]. They have no [[Fovea (spider)|fovea]], and the posterior and median [[spinneret (spider)|spinnerets]] are reduced. The males of ''C. gastroperforata'' have two pairs of abdominal pockets, which play a role in mating.<ref name=Jocq01/>


==Distribution==
==Distribution==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Spider families]]
* [[Spider families]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
* {{aut|Jocqué, R.}} (2001): Chummidae, a new spider family (Arachnida, Araneae) from South Africa. ''J. Zool. Lond.'' '''254''': 481-493. {{DOI|10.1017/S095283690100098X}}
<ref name=Jocq01>{{Citation |last1=Jocqué |first1=R. |date=2001 |title=Chummidae, a new spider family (Arachnida, Araneae) from South Africa |journal=Journal of Zoology |volume=254 |pages=481–493 |doi=10.1017/S095283690100098X }}</ref>
* {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2014): [http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/CHUMMIDAE.html The world spider catalog], version 14.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''. {{doi|10.5531/db.iz.0001}}
<ref name=WSC_f496>{{citation |title=Family Chummidae Jocqué, 2001 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/496 |accessdate=2016-02-29 }}</ref>
}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 19:55, 29 February 2016

Chumma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Jocqué, 2001[1]
Genus: Chumma
Jocqué, 2001[1]
Type species
Chumma inquieta
Jocqué, 2001[1]
Diversity
1 genus, 2 species

Chumma is a spider genus with only two described species, as of February 2016. The genus is the only one in the family Chummidae. Both species were first described in 2001 and are known from males and females.[1]

They are small, three-clawed spiders with a strong dorsal scutum. They have no fovea, and the posterior and median spinnerets are reduced. The males of C. gastroperforata have two pairs of abdominal pockets, which play a role in mating.[2]

Distribution

This family is endemic to South Africa.

Species

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Family Chummidae Jocqué, 2001", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-29
  2. ^ Jocqué, R. (2001), "Chummidae, a new spider family (Arachnida, Araneae) from South Africa", Journal of Zoology, 254: 481–493, doi:10.1017/S095283690100098X

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