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The Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera.
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Distribution
Two genera (Ammoxenus, Rastellus) occur in Africa, the other two (Austrammo, Barrowammo) in Australia.
Species
Ammoxenus Simon, 1893
- Ammoxenus amphalodes Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
- Ammoxenus coccineus Simon, 1893 (Namibia)
- Ammoxenus daedalus Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
- Ammoxenus kalaharicus Benoit, 1972 (Botswana, South Africa)
- Ammoxenus pentheri Simon, 1896 (Botswana, South Africa)
- Ammoxenus psammodromus Simon, 1910 (Southern Africa)
- Austrammo harveyi Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, South Australia)
- Austrammo hirsti Platnick, 2002 (South Australia, Tasmania)
- Austrammo monteithi Platnick, 2002 (Eastern Australia)
- Austrammo rossi Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
Barrowammo Platnick, 2002
- Barrowammo waldockae Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia)
Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990
- Rastellus africanus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia, Botswana)
- Rastellus deserticola Haddad, 2003 (South Africa)
- Rastellus florisbad Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (South Africa)
- Rastellus kariba Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Zimbabwe)
- Rastellus narubis Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia)
- Rastellus sabulosus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia)
- Rastellus struthio Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia, Botswana)
See also
References
- Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract (with key to Australian species)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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