Chumma

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{For|the Bengali song|Chumma (song)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Chumma

| authority = Jocqué, 2001

| type_species = C. inquieta

| type_species_authority = Jocqué, 2001

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 9, see text

| range_map = Distribution.chummidae.1.png

}}

Chumma is a genus of African spiders in the family Macrobunidae 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.{{cite journal| last=Jocqué| first=R.| year=2001| title=Chummidae, a new spider family (Arachnida, Araneae) from South Africa.| journal=Journal of Zoology, London| volume=254| issue=4| pages=481–493| doi=10.1017/S095283690100098X| doi-access=free}} This genus was initially placed in the family Chummidae, but the World Spider Catalog places it in Amaurobiidae.

Species

{{as of|2019|04}} it contains nine species in South Africa and neighboring countries:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Chumma Jocqué, 2001| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-05-18| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/496| doi=10.24436/2}}

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