Sipalolasma

Sipalolasma is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[3] It is restricted to South Asia and parts of Africa.[4]

Sipalolasma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Barychelidae
Genus:	Sipalolasma Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
S. ellioti Simon, 1892
Species
9, see text
Synonyms[1]
Cyclopelma Benoit, 1965[2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains nine species:[1]

• Sipalolasma aedificatrix Abraham, 1924 – Malaysia
• Sipalolasma arthrapophysis (Gravely, 1915) – India
• Sipalolasma bicalcarata (Simon, 1904) – Ethiopia
• Sipalolasma ellioti Simon, 1892 (type) – Sri Lanka
• Sipalolasma greeni Pocock, 1900 – Sri Lanka
• Sipalolasma humicola (Benoit, 1965) – Mozambique
• Sipalolasma kissi Benoit, 1966 – Congo
• Sipalolasma ophiriensis Abraham, 1924 – Malaysia
• Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966 – Congo

References

1. "Gen. Sipalolasma Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
2. Benoit, P. L. G. (1965). "Etudes sur les Barychelidae du Centre Africain (Araneae - Orthognatha) II. - Leptopelmatinae nouveaux". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 71: 302.
3. Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
4. Javed, S.M.M.; Raven, R.J.; Tampal, F. & Rao, K.T. (2010). "Occurrence and redescription of Sipalolasma arthrapophysis (Gravely, 1915) (Araneae: Barychelidae: Barychelinae) from India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2 (5): 867–875. doi:10.11609/jott.o2387.867-75. Retrieved 2016-04-15.