Purcelliana

Purcelliana is a genus of South African long-spinneret ground spiders. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1964,[2] and is only found in South Africa.[1]

Purcelliana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Purcelliana
Cooke, 1964[1]

Species

As of August 2022 it contains four species:[1]

  • Purcelliana cederbergensis Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
  • Purcelliana kamaseb Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
  • Purcelliana khabus Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
  • Purcelliana problematica Cooke, 1964 – South Africa

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Purcelliana Cooke, 1964". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Cooke, J. A. L. (1964). "A revisionary study of some spiders of the rare family Prodidomidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 142: 257–305.


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