Chumma

For the Bengali song, see Chumma (song).

Chumma is a genus of African spiders in the family Macrobunidae first described by Rudy Jocqué in 2001. They are small, three-clawed spiders with a strong dorsal scutum. They have no fovea, and the posterior and median spinnerets are reduced. The males of C. gastroperforata have two pairs of abdominal pockets that play a role in mating.^[2] This genus was initially placed in the family Chummidae, but the World Spider Catalog places it in Amaurobiidae.^[1]

Chumma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Macrobunidae
Genus:	Chumma Jocqué, 2001[1]
Type species
C. inquieta Jocqué, 2001
Species
9, see text

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains nine species in South Africa and neighboring countries:^[1]

• Chumma bicolor Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
• Chumma foliata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
• Chumma gastroperforata Jocqué, 2001 – South Africa
• Chumma inquieta Jocqué, 2001 (type) – South Africa
• Chumma interfluvialis Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
• Chumma lesotho Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – Lesotho
• Chumma striata Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
• Chumma subridens Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa
• Chumma tsitsikamma Jocqué & Alderweireldt, 2018 – South Africa