Ammoxenidae

Ammoxenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Superfamily:	Gnaphosoidea
Family:	Ammoxenidae Simon, 1893
Genera
see text
Diversity
4 genera, 18 species

The Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera. A common name for the family is "termite hunters."^[1]

Distribution

Two genera (Ammoxenus, Rastellus) occur in Africa, the other two (Austrammo, Barrowammo) in Australia.

Species

Ammoxenus Simon, 1893

Ammoxenus amphalodes Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
Ammoxenus coccineus Simon, 1893 (Namibia)
Ammoxenus daedalus Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 (South Africa)
Ammoxenus kalaharicus Benoit, 1972 (Botswana, South Africa)
Ammoxenus pentheri Simon, 1896 (Botswana, South Africa)
Ammoxenus psammodromus Simon, 1910 (Southern Africa)

Austrammo Platnick, 2002

Austrammo harveyi Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, South Australia)
Austrammo hirsti Platnick, 2002 (South Australia, Tasmania)
Austrammo monteithi Platnick, 2002 (Eastern Australia)
Austrammo rossi Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia, Northern Territory)

Barrowammo Platnick, 2002

Barrowammo waldockae Platnick, 2002 (Western Australia)

Rastellus Platnick & Griffin, 1990

Rastellus africanus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia, Botswana)
Rastellus deserticola Haddad, 2003 (South Africa)
Rastellus florisbad Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (South Africa)
Rastellus kariba Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Zimbabwe)
Rastellus narubis Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia)
Rastellus sabulosus Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia)
Rastellus struthio Platnick & Griffin, 1990 (Namibia, Botswana)

See also

Footnotes

↑ Kelly, Lynne (2009). Spiders: Learning to Love Them. Allen & Unwin. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-74175-179-6.

References

Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract (with key to Australian species)
Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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Extant Araneae families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida

Suborder Mesothelae
Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)

Suborder Opisthothelae

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