Purcelliana
| Purcelliana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Prodidomidae |
| Genus: | Purcelliana Cooke, 1964[1] |
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]
Species
[edit]As of August 2022[update] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Purcelliana Cooke, 1964". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ 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.