Evippomma

Evippomma
E. squamulatum from South Africa
E. simoni from Israel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Evippomma Roewer [1]
Species
6, see text

Evippomma is a genus of mainly African spiders in the family Lycosidae with six described species. It was first described in 1959 by Roewer. ^[1]

Distribution

Species of this genus are mainly found in Africa, with one species described from Pakistan, and one reaching into Israel.

Species

As of September 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes six species: ^[1]

• Evippomma albomarginatum Alderweireldt, 1992 – Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Senegal
• Evippomma evippinum (Simon, 1897) – Pakistan
• Evippomma plumipes (Lessert, 1936) – Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe
• Evippomma rechenbergi Bayer, Foelix & Alderweireldt, 2017 – Morocco
• Evippomma simoni Alderweireldt, 1992 – Egypt, Sudan, Israel
• Evippomma squamulatum (Simon, 1898) – Southern Africa (type species)

References

1. "Genus Evippomma". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 30 September 2025.