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Prodidomus

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Prodidomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Prodidomus
Hentz, 1847[1]
Type species
P. rufus
Hentz, 1847
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Hyltonia Birabén, 1954[2]

Prodidomus is a genus of long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1847.[3]

Species

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As of August 2022 it contains fifty-fivespecies, found in Africa, Europe, South America, Oceania, Asia, the United States, on the Greater Antilles, and Saint Helena:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Prodidomus Hentz, 1847". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Platnick, N. I.; Baehr, B. (2006). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 9. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2.
  3. ^ Hentz, N. M. (1847). "Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States". Boston Journal of Natural History. 5: 443–478.