Drymusa | |
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Drymusa sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Drymusidae |
Genus: |
Drymusa Simon, 1892 [1] |
Type species | |
D. nubila Simon, 1892
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Species | |
12, see text |
Drymusa is a genus of false violin spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892. [2] They physically resemble violin spiders (Loxosceles), but their bites are not believed to be medically significant. [3] Originally placed with the spitting spiders, it was moved to the Loxoscelidae (now a synonym for Sicariidae) in 1981, [4] then to the Drymusidae in 1986. [5]
They occur in the Caribbean and South America. As of May 2019 [update] it contains twelve species: [1]