Dalmasula

Dalmasula is a genus of goblin spiders containing five species occurring in Namibia and South Africa. Males range from 1.7–2.8 mm in length, females 2.2–3.1 mm. The cephalothorax is orange or yellow, and the abdomen is white.[1]

Dalmasula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Dalmasula
Platnick, Szüts, & Ubick, 2012
Type species
Dalmasula lorelei
Platnick & Dupérré, 2012
Species

5, see text

Species

Dalmasula comprises 5 species:

  • Dalmasula dodebai Szűts & Ubick, 2012 — South Africa
  • Dalmasula griswoldi Szűts & Ubick, 2012 — South Africa
  • Dalmasula lorelei Platnick & Dupérré, 2012 (type) — Namibia
  • Dalmasula parvimana (Simon, 1910) — Namibia
  • Dalmasula tsumkwe Platnick & Dupérré, 2012 — Namibia

References
  1. Platnick, Norman I.; et al. (2012). "Tarsal organ morphology and the phylogeny of goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on basal genera" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3736): 1–52.


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