Lygromma

Lygromma is a spider genus of Central and South America. There are species with eight, six (e.g. L. senoculatum, L. valencianum) and no eyes. The eyeless L. anops is endemic to Galapagos, while the not closely related blind L. gertschi is found only on Jamaica.

Lygromma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Lygromma
Simon, 1893[1]
Species

See text.

The Mexican genus Tivodrassus, and Tricongius have been suggested as sister groups of Lygromma.

Species reach a body length from about 2 to 4.6 mm.

Species
  • Lygromma anops Peck & Shear, 1987 — Galapagos Islands
  • Lygromma chamberlini Gertsch, 1941 — Panama, Colombia, Cuba
  • Lygromma domingo Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Ecuador
  • Lygromma dybasi Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Costa Rica, Panama
  • Lygromma gasnieri Brescovit & Höfer, 1993 — Brazil
  • Lygromma gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Jamaica
  • Lygromma huberti Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Venezuela, Brazil
  • Lygromma kochalkai Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Colombia
  • Lygromma peckorum Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Colombia
  • Lygromma peruvianum Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Peru
  • Lygromma quindio Platnick & Shadab, 1976 — Colombia
  • Lygromma senoculatum Simon, 1893 — Venezuela
  • Lygromma simoni (Berland, 1913) — Ecuador
  • Lygromma taruma Brescovit & Bonaldo, 1998 — Brazil
  • Lygromma tuxtla Platnick, 1978 — Mexico
  • Lygromma valencianum Simon, 1893 — Venezuela
  • Lygromma volcan Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
  • Lygromma wygodzinskyi Platnick, 1978 — Colombia
  • Lygromma ybyguara Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
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References
  1. "Gen. Lygromma Simon, 1893", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2019-06-06
  • Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. (1976). A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates 2598:1-23. PDF (8Mb) - Abstract (with key to species)
  • Platnick, N.I. (1977). Two new species of Lygromma (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). J. Arachnol. 5:151-152. PDF (L. tuxtla, L. wygodzinskyi)
  • Shear, W.A. & Peck, S.B. (1992). Male of the blind cave gnaphosoid Lygromma anops (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea, Prodidomidae) from Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Journal of Arachnology 20:69-71. PDF
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