Chiasmopes Explained

Chiasmopes is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Pavesi in 1883.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Chiasmopes hystrix (Berland, 1922) – Ethiopia
• Chiasmopes lineatus (Pocock, 1898) – Central, East, Southern Africa
• Chiasmopes namaquensis (Roewer, 1955) – Namibia
• Chiasmopes signatus (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa

See also

• List of Pisauridae species

Notes and References

1. Pavesi. P.. 1883. Studi sugli aracnidi africani. III. Aracnidi del regno di Scioa e considerazioni sull'aracnofauna d'Abissinia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 1–105. 20.
2. Gen. Chiasmopes Pavesi, 1883. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.