Drymusa

Drymusa
Drymusa sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Drymusidae
Genus: Drymusa
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
D. nubila
Simon, 1892
Species

12, see text

Drymusa is a genus of false violin spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[2] They physically resemble violin spiders (Loxosceles), but their bites are not believed to be medically significant.[3] Originally placed with the spitting spiders, it was moved to the Loxoscelidae (now a synonym for Sicariidae) in 1981,[4] then to the Drymusidae in 1986.[5]

Species

They occur in the Caribbean and South America. As of May 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Drymusa Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1892). "On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 59 (4): 549–575.
  3. ^ Valerio, C. E. (1974). "Prey capture by Drymusa dinora (Araneae, Scytodidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 81: 284–287. doi:10.1155/1974/41354.
  4. ^ Alayón G., G. (1981). "El género Drymusa (Araneae: Loxoscelidae) en Cuba". Poeyana. 219: 13.
  5. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1986). Evolution of the Scytodoidea. Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology.