Chumma
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{For|the Bengali song|Chumma (song)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Chumma
| 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}}
- Chumma bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma foliata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma gastroperforata Jocqué, 2001 – South Africa
- Chumma inquieta Jocqué, 2001 (type) – South Africa
- Chumma interfluvialis Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma lesotho Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – Lesotho
- Chumma striata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma subridens Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
- Chumma tsitsikamma Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
References
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External links
- Jeremy Miller: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070614105849/http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/personnel/jmiller/Chumma.htm Picture of a Chumma sp.]
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Category:Spiders of South Africa
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