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Shieldbum Trapdoor Spider
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Shieldbum Trapdoor Spider

Galeosoma

Galeosoma is a spider genus in the family Idiopidae found in Africa.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Galeosoma planiscutatum

speciesGaleosoma planiscutatum

Galeosoma coronatum

speciesGaleosoma coronatum

Galeosoma pallidum

speciesGaleosoma pallidum

Galeosoma hirsutum

speciesGaleosoma hirsutum

Galeosoma mossambicum

speciesGaleosoma mossambicum

Galeosoma crinitum

speciesGaleosoma crinitum

Galeosoma pluripunctatum

speciesGaleosoma pluripunctatum

Galeosoma robertsi

speciesGaleosoma robertsi

Galeosoma schreineri

speciesGaleosoma schreineri

Galeosoma scutatum

speciesGaleosoma scutatum

Galeosoma vernayi

speciesGaleosoma vernayi

Galeosoma vandami

speciesGaleosoma vandami

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 421399.