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The Gradungulidae are a small spider family with 16 species in seven genera. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Arachnids are a class ( Arachnida) of joint-legged Invertebrate Animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The Araneomorphae are a Suborder of Spiders They are distinguished by having Chelicerae (fangs that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action The Austrochiloidea are a Superfamily of araneomorph spiders They contain two families of eight-eyed spiders Austrochilidae This page lists all described species of the spider family Gradungulidae as of June 19 2007 Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings They are medium to large three-clawed haplogyne spiders with two pairs of book-lungs (like Mygalomorphae). The Mygalomorphae, (also called the Orthognatha) are an Infraorder of Spiders The latter name comes from the orientation of the fangs which
The genus Gradungula lives in forest litter. Progradungula is the only cribellate genus of the family. A cribellum is a kind of comb-like device in certain Spiders used to separate fibers of Silk drawn from its Spinnerets into many extremely fine fibers giving
It spins an extensive web consisting of an upper retreat tangle with connecting threads to scaffolding, which supports the ladder-like catching platform, which in turn is glued to the ground. Progradungula is a large spider with very long legs; it resembles Hickmania (Austrochilidae)
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Species
Gradungula Forster, 1955
- Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1955 — New Zealand
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
Pianoa Forster, 1987
- Pianoa isolata Forster, 1987 — New Zealand
Progradungula Forster & Gray, 1979
- Progradungula carraiensis Forster & Gray, 1979 — New South Wales
- Progradungula otwayensis Milledge, 1997 — Victoria
Spelungula Forster, 1987
- Spelungula cavernicola Forster, 1987 — New Zealand
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
- Tarlina woodwardi (Forster, 1955) — Queensland
See also
References
- Forster, R. The Austrochilidae) are a small Spider family with nine species in three genera Gradungula sorenseni, the only Species in the Spider Genus Gradungula, occurs in New Zealand and the eastern Gradungula sorenseni, the only Species in the Spider Genus Gradungula, occurs in New Zealand and the eastern New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Progradungula is a spider genus of the family Gradungulidae. It is remarkable for being the first web-building Cribellate spider that was found within Progradungula carraiensis, or Carrai cave spider, is a Cribellate spider found only in the moist forests and limestone caves of the Carrai Plateau Spelungula cavernicola, or the Nelson cave spider, is a Spider endemic to New Zealand. Spelungula cavernicola, or the Nelson cave spider, is a Spider endemic to New Zealand. This page lists all described species of the spider family Gradungulidae as of June 19 2007 Spider taxonomy is the Alpha taxonomy of the Spiders members of the Araneae order of the arthropod R. , Gray, M. R. (1979): Progradungula, a new cribellate genus of the spider family Gradungulidae (Araneae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 1051-1071. Abstract
- Forster, R. R. , Platnick, N. I. and Gray, M. R. (1987): A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the AMNH 185(1): 1-116 Abstract - PDF (50Mb)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8. 0. American Museum of Natural History.
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