Janusia

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Janusia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Janusia
Gray, 1973[1]
Species:
J. muiri
Binomial name
Janusia muiri
Gray, 1973

Janusia is a monotypic genus of Australian wandering spiders containing the single species, Janusia muiri. It was first described by Michael R. Gray in 1973,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1] Originally placed with the Miturgidae, it was moved to the Ctenidae in 1989.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Janusia Gray, 1973". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. ^ Gray, M. R. (1973). "Cavernicolous spiders from the Nullarbor Plain and south-west Australia". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 12: 207–221.
  3. ^ Gray, M. R. (1989). "Cavernicolous spiders (Arancae) [sic] from Undara, Queensland and Cape Range, Western Australia". Helictite. 27: 88.


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