Ambohima

Ambohima is a genus of Malagasy araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.[2]

Ambohima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Ambohima
Griswold, 1990[1]
Type species
A. sublima
Griswold, 1990
Species

10, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains ten species, found only on Madagascar:[1]

  • Ambohima andrefana Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima antisinanana Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima avaratra Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima maizina Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima pauliani Griswold, 1990 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima ranohira Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima sublima Griswold, 1990 (type) – Madagascar
  • Ambohima vato Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima zandry Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
  • Ambohima zoky Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Ambohima Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Griswold, C. E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 196: 1–206.


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