Biology:Prethopalpus

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Prethopalpus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Prethopalpus
Baehr, Harvey, Burger, and Thoma, 2012
Species

P. alexanderi
P. attenboroughi
P. bali
P. bellicosus
P. blosfeldsorum
P. boltoni
P. brunei
P. callani
P. cooperi
P. deelemanae
P. eberhardi
P. fosuma
P. framenaui
P. hainanensis
P. humphreysi
P. ilam
P. infernalis
P. java
P. julianneae
P. khasi
P. kintyre
P. kranzae
P. kropfi
P. leuser
P. madurai
P. magnaocularis
P. mahanadi
P. maini
P. marionae
P. meghalaya
P. oneillae
P. pahang
P. pearsoni
P. perak
P. platnicki
P. rawlinsoni
P. sabah
P. sarawak
P. scanloni
P. schwendingeri
P. tropicus
P. utara

Diversity
41 species

Prethopalpus is a spider genus known as goblin spiders and are found in the Australasian tropics, including Nepal, India , Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia . Three species are widely distributed, whereas the majority of species are recorded a single localities. Of the 41 species, 14 blind troglobite species live in subterranean ecosystems in Western Australia.[1]

See also

References

  1. Baehr, B.C.; Harvey, M.S.; Burger, M.; Thoma, M. (2012). "The New Australasian Goblin Spider Genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 369: 1–113. doi:10.1206/763.1. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/763.1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2405388 entry