Galeosoma
| Galeosoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Galeosoma Purcell, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| G. scutatum Purcell, 1903
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| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Galeosoma is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1903.[2]
Species[edit]
As of May 2019[update] it contains twelve species and three subspecies:[1]
- Galeosoma coronatum Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
- Galeosoma c. sphaeroideum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Galeosoma crinitum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Galeosoma hirsutum Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
- Galeosoma mossambicum Hewitt, 1919 – Mozambique
- Galeosoma pallidum Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
- Galeosoma p. pilosum Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
- Galeosoma planiscutatum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Galeosoma pluripunctatum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Galeosoma robertsi Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
- Galeosoma schreineri Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
- Galeosoma scutatum Purcell, 1903 (type) – South Africa
- Galeosoma vandami Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
- Galeosoma v. circumjunctum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
- Galeosoma vernayi Hewitt, 1935 – Botswana
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Galeosoma Purcell, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ Purcell, W. F. (1903). "New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae". Annals of the South African Museum. 3: 69–142.
External links[edit]
Data related to Galeosoma at Wikispecies