Chumma is a genus of African tangled nest spiders first described by Rudy Jocqué in 2001. They are small, three-clawed spiders with a strong dorsal scutum. They have no fovea, and the posterior and median spinnerets are reduced. The males of C. gastroperforata have two pairs of abdominal pockets that play a role in mating.[2] This genus was initially placed in the family Chummidae, but the World Spider Catalog places it in Amaurobiidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Chumma Jocqué, 2001[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. inquieta Jocqué, 2001
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Species
editAs of April 2019[update] it contains nine species in South Africa and neighboring countries:[1]
- Chumma bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma foliata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma gastroperforata Jocqué, 2001 – South Africa
- Chumma inquieta Jocqué, 2001 (type) – South Africa
- Chumma interfluvialis Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma lesotho Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – Lesotho
- Chumma striata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma subridens Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma tsitsikamma Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Chumma Jocqué, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ Jocqué, R. (2001). "Chummidae, a new spider family (Arachnida, Araneae) from South Africa". Journal of Zoology, London. 254 (4): 481–493. doi:10.1017/S095283690100098X.
External links
edit- Jeremy Miller: Picture of a Chumma sp.