| Wesmaldra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Prodidomidae |
| Genus: | Wesmaldra Platnick & Baehr, 2006[1] |
| Type species | |
| W. bidgemia Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | |
| Species | |
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14, see text | |
Wesmaldra is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Barbara Baehr in 2006.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]
Species
As of June 2019 it contains fourteen species, found only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia:[1]
- Wesmaldra baynesi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra bidgemia Platnick & Baehr, 2006 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra bromilowi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra hirsti Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra kakadu Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
- Wesmaldra learmonth Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra napier Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra nixaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra rolfei Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra splendida (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra talgomine Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra urawa Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra waldockae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Wesmaldra wiluna Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
See also
References
- 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Wesmaldra Platnick & Baehr, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ↑ Platnick, N. I.; Baehr, B. (2006). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 1–287. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5788.
- ↑ Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.
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