Biology:Sylligma

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Sylligma is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae with seven African species.[1] It was first described in 1895 by Simon.[2]

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes seven species:[1]

  • Sylligma cribrata (Simon, 1901) – Ethiopia
  • Sylligma franki Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – DR Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda
  • Sylligma hirsuta Simon, 1895 – Gabon, Congo, Rwanda, Namibia (type species)
  • Sylligma lawrencei Millot, 1942 – Gabon, Nigeria, Guinea, Congo
  • Sylligma ndumi Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini
  • Sylligma spartica Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Congo
  • Sylligma theresa Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus Sylligma". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3727. Retrieved 26 September 2025. 
  2. Lewis, A.S.; Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. (2011). "A revision of the spider genus, Sylligma Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from the Afrotropical region". African Entomology 19: 119–132. doi:10.4001/003.019.0113. 

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