Biology:Purcelliana

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Purcelliana
Scientific classification e
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

(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

  • List of Prodidominae species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Purcelliana Cooke, 1964". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2460. 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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