Sylligma

Sylligma is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae with seven African species.^[1] It was first described in 1895 by Simon.^[2]

Sylligma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Sylligma Simon[1]
Type species
Sylligma hirsuta
Species
7, see text

Species

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes seven species:^[1]

• Sylligma cribrata (Simon, 1901) – Ethiopia
• Sylligma franki Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – DR Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda
• Sylligma hirsuta Simon, 1895 – Gabon, Congo, Rwanda, Namibia (type species)
• Sylligma lawrencei Millot, 1942 – Gabon, Nigeria, Guinea, Congo
• Sylligma ndumi Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini
• Sylligma spartica Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Congo
• Sylligma theresa Lewis & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2011 – Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya