Ammoxenus is a genus of African termite hunters first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.[2]
| Ammoxenus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Ammoxenus Simon, 1893[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. coccineus Simon, 1893
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| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Species edit
As of April 2019[update] it contains six species:[1]
- Ammoxenus amphalodes Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 – South Africa
- Ammoxenus coccineus Simon, 1893 – Namibia
- Ammoxenus daedalus Dippenaar & Meyer, 1980 – South Africa
- Ammoxenus kalaharicus Benoit, 1972 – Botswana, South Africa
- Ammoxenus pentheri Simon, 1896 – Botswana, South Africa
- Ammoxenus psammodromus Simon, 1910 – Southern Africa
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Ammoxenus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.