Progradungula

Taxobox
name = "Progradungula"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Gradungulidae
genus = "Progradungula"
genus_authority = Forster & Gray, 1979
diversity_link = List of Gradungulidae species#Progradungula
diversity = 2 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See text.

"Progradungula" is a spider genus of the family Gradungulidae. It is remarkable for being the first web-building cribellate spider that was found within a "primitive" araneomorph spider family. This helped to establish the idea that all araneomorph spiders evolved from cribellate ancestors. This genus is endemic to parts of Australia.

Name

From Latin "pro" "before", and the genus name Gradungula, referring to the ancient ancestry of the genus.

pecies

* "Progradungula carraiensis" Forster & Gray, 1979 (New South Wales)
* "Progradungula otwayensis" Milledge, 1997 (Victoria)

References

* Forster, R.R. & Gray, M.R. (1979). "Progradungula", a new cribellate genus of the spider family Gradungulidae (Araneae). "Australian Journal of Zoology" 27(6):1051-1071. [http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9791051.htm Abstract] - DOI|10.1071/ZO9791051
* Milledge, G. 1997. A new species of "Progradungula" Forster & Gray (Araneae: Gradungulidae)from Victoria. "Mem. Mus. Vic." 56(1):65-68.