Ambohima

Ambohima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Phyxelididae
Genus:	Ambohima ; Griswold, 1990
Type species
	A. sublima ; Griswold, 1990
Species
	10, see text

Last updated January 26, 2026

Ambohima is a genus of Malagasy araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990.^[2]

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains ten species, found only on Madagascar:^[1]

Ambohima andrefana Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
Ambohima antisinanana Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
Ambohima avaratra Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
Ambohima maizina Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
Ambohima pauliani Griswold, 1990 – Madagascar
Ambohima ranohira Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
Ambohima sublima Griswold, 1990 (type) – Madagascar
Ambohima vato Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
Ambohima zandry Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar
Ambohima zoky Griswold, Wood & Carmichael, 2012 – Madagascar

References

1 2 "Gen. Ambohima Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
↑ Griswold, C. E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 196: 1–206.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Ambohima Griswold, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.

[Gris1990-2] Griswold, C. E. (1990). "A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider subfamily Phyxelidinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 196: 1–206.

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