Gradungulidae
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The Gradungulidae) are a small spider family with 16 species in seven genera.
They are medium to large three-clawed, haplogyne spiders with 2 pairs of book-lungs (like Mygalomorphae).
The genus Gradungula lives in forest litter. Progradungula is the only cribellate genus of the family.
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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[edit] 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)
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[edit] References
- Forster RR, Gray MR. 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)
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