Sylligma

Sylligma
female S. ndumi
female S. ndumi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Sylligma Simon [1]
Type species
Sylligma hirsuta
Species
7, see text

Sylligma is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae with seven African species. ^[1] It was first described in 1895 by Simon. ^[2]

Species

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

• Sylligma cribrata (Simon, 1901) – Ethiopia
• Sylligma franki Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – DR Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda
• Sylligma hirsuta Simon, 1895 – Gabon, Congo, Rwanda, Namibia (type species)
• Sylligma lawrencei Millot, 1942 – Gabon, Nigeria, Guinea, Congo
• Sylligma ndumi Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini
• Sylligma spartica Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Congo
• Sylligma theresa Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya

References

1. "Genus Sylligma". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 26 September 2025.
2. Lewis, A.S.; Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. (2011). "A revision of the spider genus, Sylligma Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from the Afrotropical region". African Entomology. 19: 119–132. doi:10.4001/003.019.0113.