Gradungulidae

Gradungulidae
Progradungula otwayensis
Systematics
Sub-stem : Jawbearers (Chelicerata) Class : Arachnids (arachnida) Order : Spiders (Araneae) Subordination : Real spiders (Araneomorphae) Superfamily : Austrochiloidea Family : Gradungulidae
Scientific name
Gradungulidae
Forster , 1955

The Gradungulidae are a family of real spiders (Araneomorphae), which includes seven genera with a total of 16 species . The species occur in eastern Australia and New Zealand . They are medium-sized to large three-clawed spiders that, like the tarantulas (Mygalomorphae), have two pairs of book lungs . The species Gradungula sorenseni lives in the litter layer of forests. The two Progundula species are the only cribellate spiders in the family.

The spiders of the family weave extensive spider webs that have a living area above, from which threads are stretched to the scaffolding threads of the ladder-like trap, which in turn is glued to the ground.

Systematics

Distribution map of the Gradungulidae

The World Spider Catalog currently lists seven genera and 16 species for the Gradungulidae. (As of April 2016)

• Gradungula Forster , 1955
  • Gradungula sorenseni Forster , 1955
• Kaiya Gray , 1987
  • Kaiya Bemboka Gray , 1987
  • Kaiya brindabella ( Moran , 1985)
  • Kaiya parnabyi Gray , 1987
  • Kaiya terama Gray , 1987
• Macrogradungula Gray , 1987
  • Macrogradungula moonya Gray , 1987
• Pianoa Forster , 1987
  • Pianoa isolata Forster , 1987
• Progradungula Forster & Gray , 1979
  • Progradungula carraiensis Forster & Gray , 1979
  • Progradungula otwayensis Milledge , 1997
• Spelungula Forster , 1987
  • Spelungula cavernicola Forster , 1987
• Tarlina Gray, 1987
  • Tarlina daviesae Gray , 1987
  • Tarlina milledgei Gray , 1987
  • Tarlina noorundi Gray , 1987
  • Tarlina simipes Gray , 1987
  • Tarlina smithersi Gray , 1987
  • Tarlina woodwardi ( Forster , 1955)

Web links

Commons : Gradungulidae  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Gradungulidae in the World Spider Catalog

literature

• Raymond R. Forster, Michael R. Gray: Progradungula. A new cribellate genus of the spider family 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 superfamilies 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 ( summary - PDF (50 MB) )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Gradungulidae . Retrieved April 1, 2016.