Tyrotama
| Tyrotama | |
|---|---|
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| Female T. australis | |
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| Male T. abyssus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hersiliidae |
| Genus: | Tyrotama Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. arida (Smithers, 1945) | |
| Species | |
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Tyrotama is a genus of African tree trunk spiders that was first described by S. H. Foord & A. S. Dippenaar-Schoeman in 2005.[2]
Species
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T. arida
female T. bicava
female T. soutpansbergensis
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes eight species:[1]
- Tyrotama abyssus Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Tyrotama arida (Smithers, 1945) – South Africa (type species)
- Tyrotama australis (Simon, 1893) – Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho
- Tyrotama bicava (Smithers, 1945) – Angola, Namibia, South Africa
- Tyrotama fragilis (Lawrence, 1928) – Angola, Namibia
- Tyrotama incerta (Tucker, 1920) – Namibia, South Africa
- Tyrotama soutpansbergensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005 – South Africa
- Tyrotama taris Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005 – South Africa
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Tyrotama Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ Foord, S. H.; Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2005). "A revision of the Afrotropical species of Hersiliola Thorell and Tama Simon with the description of a new genus Tyrotama (Araneae: Hersiliidae)". African Entomology. 13: 255–279.