Chumma

For the Bengali song, see Chumma (song).

Genus of spiders

Chumma

Scientific classification
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

Species

9, see text

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]

## Species[edit]

As 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]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2342312
* Wikispecies: Chumma
* ADW: Chumma
* BioLib: 466747
* BOLD: 290038
* EoL: 114616
* GBIF: 2141950
* iNaturalist: 421001
* IRMNG: 1071365
* ITIS: 871886
* NCBI: 700643
* Plazi: 953B8A2E-FF93-B40D-FF63-F9C1FAC0FE55
* uBio: 4982547
* WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03498

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