Gamasomorpha Karsch 1881
Authors/Creators
- 1. College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
- 2. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- 3. 3. Zoology, Natural History Museum Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Description
Genus
GamasomorphaKarsch, 1881Type species.
Gamasomorpha cataphracta Karsch, 1881 from Japan.
Comments.
Of the 48 known species in this genus, the geographical distribution is as follows: 19 in Southeast Asia, 9 in East Asia, 4 in South Asia, 3 in West Asia, 9 in Africa, 2 in Australia, and 2 in South America. However, the current classification is problematic. The South American specimens lack illustrations and are likely misidentified. Several African species (e. g., G. australis Hewitt, 1915; G. jeanneli Fage, 1936; G. longisetosa Lawrence, 1952) are evidently misplaced (see fig. 2, Hewitt 1915; fig. 6, Fage and Simon 1936; figs 8–11, Lawrence 1952). Similarly, G. kabulensis Roewer, 1960 from Afghanistan may also be incorrectly classified (see fig. 8 a – c, Roewer 1960). A comprehensive revision of the genus is therefore essential.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Karsch
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Oonopidae
- Genus
- Gamasomorpha
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gamasomorpha Karsch, 1881 sec. Bai, Bian, Tong & Hörweg, 2025
References
- Hewitt J (1915) Descriptions of new South African Arachnida. Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown 3: 70-106. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7433
- Fage L, Simon E (1936) Arachnida. III. Pedipalpi, Scorpiones, Solifuga et Araneae (1 re partie). Mission scientifique de l'Omo. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4, 293 - 340.
- Lawrence RF (1952) New spiders from the eastern half of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 12: 183-226.
- Hewitt J (1915) Descriptions of new South African Arachnida. Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown 3: 70–106. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7433
- Fage L, Simon E (1936) Arachnida. III. Pedipalpi, Scorpiones, Solifuga et Araneae (1 re partie). Mission scientifique de l'Omo. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4, 293–340.
- Lawrence RF (1952) New spiders from the eastern half of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 12: 183–226.
- Roewer CF (1960) Solifugen und Opilioniden - Araneae Orthognathae, Haplogynae und Entelegynae (Contribution a l'etude de la faune d'Afghanistan 23). Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhalles Handlingar (6) B 8 (7): 1 - 53.
- Roewer CF (1960) Solifugen und Opilioniden – Araneae Orthognathae, Haplogynae und Entelegynae (Contribution à l'étude de la faune d'Afghanistan 23). Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar (6) B 8 (7): 1–53.