Wesmaldra is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Barbara Baehr in 2006.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]
Species
As of June 2019 it contains fourteen species, found only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia:[1]
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Wesmaldra baynesi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra bidgemia Platnick & Baehr, 2006 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra bromilowi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra hirsti Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra kakadu Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
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Wesmaldra learmonth Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra napier Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra nixaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra rolfei Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra splendida (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra talgomine Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra urawa Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra waldockae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra wiluna Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
See also
References
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^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Wesmaldra Platnick & Baehr, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
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^ 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: 1–287. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5788.
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^ Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.
