Biology:Proboscidula

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Proboscidula
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Proboscidula
Miller, 1970[1]
Type species
P. loricata
Miller, 1970
Species
  • P. loricata Miller, 1970 – Angola
  • Knoflach, 1995Rwanda P. milleri

Proboscidula is a genus of African comb-footed spiders that was first described by F. Miller in 1970.[2] (As of June 2020) it contains two species, found in Africa: P. loricata and P. milleri.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Proboscidula Miller, 1970". Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3527. Retrieved 2020-07-01. 
  2. Miller, F. (1970). "Spinnenarten der Unterfamilie Micryphantinae und der Familie Theridiidae aus Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 82: 75–166. 

Further reading

  • Knoflach, B. (1995). "Two remarkable afromontane Theridiidae: Proboscidula milleri n. sp. and Robertus calidus n. sp. (Arachnida, Araneae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 102: 979–988. 
  • Levi, H. W. (1972). "Taxonomic-nomenclatural notes on misplaced theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with observations on Anelosimus". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 91: 533–538. 
  • Miller, F. (1970). "Spinnenarten der Unterfamilie Micryphantinae und der Familie Theridiidae aus Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 82: 75–166. 

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