Progradungula
Progradungula | |
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P. otwayensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Gradungulidae |
Genus: | Progradungula Forster & Gray, 1979[1] |
Type species | |
P. carraiensis Forster & Gray, 1979
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Species | |
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Progradungula is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Michael R. Gray in 1979.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species: P. carraiensis and P. otwayensis.[1]
The name is derived from Latin pro ("before"), and the genus name Gradungula, referring to the ancient ancestry of the genus. It is the first discovered web-building cribellate spider in a "primitive" araneomorph spider family and helped establish the idea that all araneomorph spiders evolved from cribellate ancestors.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Progradungula Forster & Gray, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ Forster, R. R.; Gray, M. R. (1979). "Progradungula, a new cribellate genus of the spider family Gradungulidae (Araneae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 27: 1051–1071. doi:10.1071/zo9791051.
- ^ Milledge, G. (1997). "A new species of Progradungula Forster & Gray (Araneae: Gradungulidae)from Victoria". Mem. Mus. Vic. 56 (1): 65–68. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1997.56.02.
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Gradungulidae
- Spiders of Australia
- Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster