Galeosoma

Galeosoma is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1903.

Species
it contains twelve species and three subspecies:
 * Galeosoma coronatum Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma c. sphaeroideum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma crinitum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma hirsutum Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma mossambicum Hewitt, 1919 – Mozambique
 * Galeosoma pallidum Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma p. pilosum Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma planiscutatum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma pluripunctatum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma robertsi Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma schreineri Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma scutatum Purcell, 1903 (type) – South Africa
 * Galeosoma vandami Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma v. circumjunctum Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
 * Galeosoma vernayi Hewitt, 1935 – Botswana