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.

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

Species

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

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 2 3 "Gen. Gamasomorpha Karsch, 1881". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
↑ "ADW: Gamasomorpha: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

External links

Citizen science observations for Gamasomorpha at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Gamasomorpha Karsch, 1881". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.

[adw-2] "ADW: Gamasomorpha: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

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