Damastes (spider)
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| Damastes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Damastes Simon, 1880[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. grandidieri Simon, 1880 | |
| Species | |
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16, see text | |
Damastes is a genus of East African huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[2] It is classified under the family Sparassidae, though its subfamilial classification remains unclear.[3][4] The subspecies Damastes coquereli affinis is a nomen dubium.[5]
As of September 2019[update] it contains sixteen species, found on the Seychelles, in Mozambique, and on Madagascar:[1]
- Damastes atrignathus Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
- Damastes coquereli Simon, 1880 – Madagascar
- Damastes decoratus (Simon, 1897) – Madagascar
- Damastes fasciolatus (Simon, 1903) – Madagascar
- Damastes flavomaculatus Simon, 1880 – Madagascar
- Damastes grandidieri Simon, 1880 (type) – Madagascar
- Damastes majungensis Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
- Damastes malagassus (Fage, 1926) – Madagascar
- Damastes malagasus (Karsch, 1881) – Madagascar
- Damastes masculinus Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
- Damastes nigrichelis (Strand, 1907) – Mozambique
- Damastes nossibeensis Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
- Damastes oswaldi Lenz, 1891 – Madagascar
- Damastes pallidus (Schenkel, 1937) – Madagascar
- Damastes sikoranus Strand, 1906 – Madagascar
- Damastes validus (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
