Ammoxenidae

Ammoxenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Gnaphosoidea
Family: Ammoxenidae
Simon, 1893
Genera

see text

Diversity
4 genera, 18 species

The Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera. A common name for the family is "termite hunters."[1]

Distribution

Two genera (Ammoxenus, Rastellus) occur in Africa, the other two (Austrammo, Barrowammo) in Australia.

Species

Ammoxenus Simon, 1893

Austrammo Platnick, 2002

Barrowammo Platnick, 2002

Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990

See also

Footnotes

  1. Kelly, Lynne (2009). Spiders: Learning to Love Them. Allen & Unwin. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-74175-179-6.

References

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