Macrogradungula

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Macrogradungula
Macrogradungula moonya.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gradungulidae
Genus: Macrogradungula
Gray, 1987[1]
Species:
M. moonya
Binomial name
Macrogradungula moonya
Gray, 1987

Macrogradungula is a monotypic genus of Australian large-clawed spiders containing the single species, Macrogradungula moonya. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster, Norman I. Platnick & Michael R. Gray in 1987,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1] It is classified under the family Gradungulidae, superfamily Austrochiloidea, and suborder Araneomorphae.[1][3][4]

Distribution[]

Macrogradungula moonya is currently known from three disjunct localities in northeastern Queensland, Australia. The first specimens were recovered from rainforest sink holes in Boulder Creek, Walter Hill Range.[2][5][6] Other specimens were reported from caves and cavities among boulder fields in the Black Mountains and Mount Bartle Frere. It is unknown if these other populations may represent new species.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Macrogradungula Gray, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Gray, M. R. (1987). "A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 185: 1–116.
  3. ^ Volker W. Framenau (15 September 2013). "Checklist of Australian Spiders Version 1.24" (PDF). Australasian Arachnological Society. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Macrogradungula moonya Gray, 1987". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  5. ^ Milledge, Graham A. (1997). "A new species of Progradungula Forster & Gray (Araneae: Gradungulidae) from Victoria". Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 56 (1): 65–68.
  6. ^ Goosem, Stephen (2002). Update of Original Wet Tropics of Queensland Nomination Dossier (PDF). Wet Tropics Management Authority. p. 16.
  7. ^ Couper, Patrick J. & Conrad, J. Hoskin (2008). "Litho-refugia: the importance of rock landscapes for the long-term persistence of Australian rainforest fauna" (PDF). Australian Zoologist. 34 (4): 554–560. doi:10.7882/az.2008.032.
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