Drymusa
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Drymusa sp. |
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Drymusa (from gr. Δρῦς (drys) "tree" and Μοῦσα ( Musa ) "muse") is the only genus of the family Drymusidae. The family belongs to the superfamily Scytodoidea and includes 16 Drymusa species. The species are distributed in Brazil , Argentina , Costa Rica , South Africa , and on Cuba , Hispaniola and St. Vincent . They look similar to the violin spiders ( Loxosceles , Sicariidae ), but differently weave a safety net.
species
The World Spider Catalog currently lists 16 species for the genus Drymusa . (Status: February 2016)
- Drymusa armasi Alayón , 1981
- Drymusa canhemabae Brescovit, Bonaldo & Rheims , 2004
- Drymusa capensis Simon , 1893
- Drymusa colligata Bonaldo, Rheims & Brescovit , 2006
- Drymusa dinora Valerio , 1971
- Drymusa nubila Simon , 1891
- Drymusa philomatica Bonaldo, Rheims & Brescovit , 2006
- Drymusa producta Purcell , 1904
- Drymusa rengan Labarque & Ramírez , 2007
- Drymusa serrana Goloboff & Ramírez , 1992
- Drymusa silvicola Purcell , 1904
- Drymusa simoni Bryant , 1948
- Drymusa spectata Alayón , 1981
- Drymusa spelunca Bonaldo, Rheims & Brescovit , 2006
- Drymusa tobyi Bonaldo, Rheims & Brescovit , 2006
- Drymusa valida (Lawrence , 1964)
Web links
Drymusa in the World Spider Catalog
literature
- Valerio, CE (1974). Prey Capture by Drymusa dinora (Araneae, Scytodidae). Psyche 81: 284-287 ( PDF )
- Penney D. (1999) Hypotheses for the Recent Hispaniolan spider fauna based on the Dominican Republic amber spider fauna. Journal of Arachnology 27 (1), 64-70. PDF
- Goloboff & Ramírez (1991): Description of the female of Drymusa serrana (Araneae: Drymusidae) with notes on its biology. Zootaxa 1580: 27-33 (2007, PDF )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Drymusa . Retrieved February 16, 2016.