Tetrablemma

Tetrablemma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetrablemmidae
Genus:	Tetrablemma O. P-Cambridge, 1873
Species
See text.
Diversity
18 species

The spider genus Tetrablemma is unusual in possessing only four eyes, a trait only found elsewhere in most species of the family Caponiidae. The two are not closely related.

Species

• Tetrablemma alterum Roewer, 1963 — Micronesia
• Tetrablemma benoiti (Brignoli, 1978) — Seychelles
• Tetrablemma brignolii Lehtinen, 1981 — India
• Tetrablemma deccanense (Tikader, 1976) — India
• Tetrablemma extorre Shear, 1978 — Trinidad
• Tetrablemma helenense Benoit, 1977 — St. Helena
• Tetrablemma loebli Bourne, 1980 — India
• Tetrablemma manggarai Lehtinen, 1981 — Flores
• Tetrablemma marawula Lehtinen, 1981 — Sulawesi
• Tetrablemma mardionoi Lehtinen, 1981 — Sumatra
• Tetrablemma medioculatum O. P.-Cambridge, 1873 — Sri Lanka
  • Tetrablemma medioculatum cochinense Lehtinen, 1981 — India
  • Tetrablemma medioculatum gangeticum Lehtinen, 1981 — India
• Tetrablemma okei Butler, 1932 — Victoria
• Tetrablemma phulchoki Lehtinen, 1981 — Nepal
• Tetrablemma rhinoceros (Brignoli, 1974) — Angola
• Tetrablemma samoense Marples, 1964 — Samoa
• Tetrablemma viduum (Brignoli, 1974) — Angola
• Tetrablemma vietnamense Lehtinen, 1981 — Vietnam

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.