Gamasomorpha

Gamasomorpha
female G. humicola
female G. humicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oonopidae
Genus:	Gamasomorpha Karsch, 1881
Type species
Gamasomorpha cataphracta Karsch, 1881
Species
See text
Diversity
48 species

Gamasomorpha is a genus of goblin spiders in the family Oonopidae, containing sixty three accepted species. ^{[1] [2]}

Its members are found in Asia and Africa, with a few species found in Australia and South America. ^[1]

female G. humicola

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 48 species: ^[1]

• Gamasomorpha anhuiensis Song & Xu, 1984 – China
• Gamasomorpha arabica Simon, 1893 – Egypt
• Gamasomorpha asterobothros Eichenberger, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Gamasomorpha austera Simon, 1898 – Seychelles
• Gamasomorpha australis Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
• Gamasomorpha barbifera Tong & Li, 2007 – China
• Gamasomorpha camelina Simon, 1893 – Singapore
• Gamasomorpha cataphracta Karsch, 1881 – Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines (type species)
• Gamasomorpha clarki Hickman, 1950 – Australia
• Gamasomorpha clypeolaria Simon, 1907 – India
• Gamasomorpha comosa Tong & Li, 2009 – China (Hainan), Laos
• Gamasomorpha coniacris Eichenberger, 2012 – Malaysia (peninsula), Indonesia (Bintan Is.)
• Gamasomorpha deksam Saaristo & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
• Gamasomorpha fricki Eichenberger, 2012 – Vietnam
• Gamasomorpha gershomi Saaristo, 2007 – Israel
• Gamasomorpha humicola Lawrence, 1947 – South Africa
• Gamasomorpha inclusa (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar
• Gamasomorpha insomnia Eichenberger, 2012 – Thailand, Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea)
• Gamasomorpha jeanneli Fage, 1936 – Kenya
• Gamasomorpha kabulensis Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan
• Gamasomorpha keri Eichenberger, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Gamasomorpha kraepelini Simon, 1905 – Indonesia (Java)
• Gamasomorpha kusumii Komatsu, 1963 – Japan
• Gamasomorpha lalana Suman, 1965 – Japan, Hawaii
• Gamasomorpha linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Gamasomorpha longisetosa Lawrence, 1952 – South Africa
• Gamasomorpha microps Simon, 1907 – Sri Lanka
• Gamasomorpha mornensis Benoit, 1979 – Seychelles
• Gamasomorpha nigrilineata Xu, 1986 – China
• Gamasomorpha nitida Simon, 1893 – Philippines
• Gamasomorpha ophiria Eichenberger, 2012 – Malaysia (peninsula)
• Gamasomorpha petoteca Eichenberger, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Gamasomorpha plana (Keyserling, 1883) – Peru
• Gamasomorpha porcina Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
• Gamasomorpha psyllodes Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar
• Gamasomorpha pusilla Berland, 1914 – Tanzania
• Gamasomorpha raya Eichenberger, 2012 – Malaysia (peninsula), Indonesia (Bintan Is.)
• Gamasomorpha schmilingi Eichenberger, 2012 – Malaysia (peninsula), Indonesia (Bali)
• Gamasomorpha sculptilis Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar
• Gamasomorpha semitecta Simon, 1907 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Gamasomorpha servula Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Gamasomorpha seximpressa Simon, 1907 – Indonesia (Java)
• Gamasomorpha squalens Eichenberger, 2012 – Malaysia (peninsula)
• Gamasomorpha subclathrata Simon, 1907 – Sri Lanka
• Gamasomorpha taprobanica Simon, 1893 – Sri Lanka
• Gamasomorpha testudinella Berland, 1914 – Kenya
• Gamasomorpha tovarensis (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela
• Gamasomorpha virgulata Tong & Li, 2009 – China (Hainan)

References

1. "Gen. Gamasomorpha Karsch, 1881". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. "ADW: Gamasomorpha: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Gamasomorpha at iNaturalist