Tyrotama

Tyrotama
Female T. australis
Male T. abyssus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Hersiliidae
Genus:	Tyrotama Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005 [1]
Type species
T. arida (Smithers, 1945)
Species
8, see text

Tyrotama is a genus of African tree trunk spiders that was first described by S. H. Foord & A. S. Dippenaar-Schoeman in 2005. ^[2]

Species

• 
  T. arida
• 
  female T. bicava
• 
  female T. soutpansbergensis

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

• Tyrotama abyssus Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005 – South Africa, Lesotho
• Tyrotama arida (Smithers, 1945) – South Africa (type species)
• Tyrotama australis (Simon, 1893) – Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho
• Tyrotama bicava (Smithers, 1945) – Angola, Namibia, South Africa
• Tyrotama fragilis (Lawrence, 1928) – Angola, Namibia
• Tyrotama incerta (Tucker, 1920) – Namibia, South Africa
• Tyrotama soutpansbergensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005 – South Africa
• Tyrotama taris Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005 – South Africa

References

1. "Gen. Tyrotama Foord & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2005". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-07.
2. Foord, S. H.; Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2005). "A revision of the Afrotropical species of Hersiliola Thorell and Tama Simon with the description of a new genus Tyrotama (Araneae: Hersiliidae)". African Entomology. 13: 255–279.