Gradungulidae

Progradungula otwayensis

  • Kaiya Gray, 1987
  • Macrogradungula Gray, 1987
  • Tarlina Gray, 1987

The Gradungulidae family is one of the genuine spiders. It includes 7 genera with 16 species. They are medium to large three -claw spiders have two pairs of book lungs as the bird arachnids. Members of the genus Gradungula lives in the litter layer of forests. Progundula is the only cribellate genus of the family. Produngula is a large, long-legged spider that looks similar Hickmania ( Austrochilidae ).

They weave extensive cobwebs, the above -lying residential area having a look forward from the threads to the threads of the scaffold ladder-like case, which in turn is glued to the ground.

Species

Kaiya Gray, 1987

  • Kaiya Bemboka Gray, 1987 ( New South Wales)
  • Kaiya Brindabella ( Moran, 1985) ( Australian Capital Territory )
  • Kaiya parnabyi Gray, 1987 ( Victoria)
  • Kaiya terama Gray, 1987 ( New South Wales)

Macrogradungula Gray, 1987

  • Macrogradungula moonya Gray, 1987 ( Queensland)
  • Progradungula otwayensis Milledge, 1997 ( Victoria)

Tarlina Gray, 1987

  • Tarlina daviesae Gray, 1987 ( Queensland)
  • Tarlina milledgei Gray, 1987 ( New South Wales)
  • Tarlina noorundi Gray, 1987 ( New South Wales)
  • Tarlina simipes Gray, 1987 ( Queensland)
  • Tarlina smithersi Gray, 1987 ( New South Wales)

Swell

  • Raymond R. Forster, Michael R. Gray: Progradungula. A new genus of the spider family cribellate Gradungulidae (Araneae ). In: Australian Journal of Zoology, vol 27 (1979 ), pp. 1051-1071, ISSN 0004- 959x (Abstract).
  • Raymond R. Forster, Norman I. Platnick, Michael R. Gray: A review of the spider super families Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae ). In: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ( AMNH ), vol 185 (1987 ), Issue 1, pp. 101-116, ISSN 0003-0090 (Abstract - PDF ( 50Mb ) )
  • Platnick 's World Spider Catalog The
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