Biology:Propostira

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Propostira
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Propostira
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
P. quadrangulata
Simon, 1894
Species

Propostira is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] (As of June 2020) it contains two species, found in Sri Lanka and India : P. quadrangulata and P. ranii.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Propostira Simon, 1894. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3528. Retrieved 2020-07-01. 
  2. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 

Further reading

  • Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127: 1–71. 
  • Bhattacharya, G. C. (1935). "A new spider of Bengal, mimicking Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabr.)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37: 960–962. 
  • Simon, E. (1895). "Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 131–160. 

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