Sylligma
| Sylligma | |
|---|---|
| female S. ndumi | |
| female S. ndumi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Sylligma Simon[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sylligma hirsuta | |
| Species | |
|
7, see text | |
Sylligma is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae with seven African species.[1] It was first described in 1895 by Simon.[2]
Species
As of September 2025, this genus includes seven species:[1]
- Sylligma cribrata (Simon, 1901) – Ethiopia
- Sylligma franki Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – DR Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda
- Sylligma hirsuta Simon, 1895 – Gabon, Congo, Rwanda, Namibia (type species)
- Sylligma lawrencei Millot, 1942 – Gabon, Nigeria, Guinea, Congo
- Sylligma ndumi Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini
- Sylligma spartica Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Congo
- Sylligma theresa Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya
References
- ^ a b c "Genus Sylligma". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ Lewis, A.S.; Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. (2011). "A revision of the spider genus, Sylligma Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from the Afrotropical region". African Entomology. 19: 119–132. doi:10.4001/003.019.0113.