Ikuma (spider)

Ikuma is a genus of Namibian palp-footed spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1938.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Namibia: I. spiculosa and I. squamata.[1]

Ikuma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Palpimanidae
Genus: Ikuma
Lawrence, 1938[1]
Type species
I. spiculosa
(Lawrence, 1927)
Species
  • I. spiculosa (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
  • I. squamata Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Ikuma Lawrence, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Lawrence, R. F. (1938). "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Spiders". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 19: 215–226.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.