Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea
Familia: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Purcelliana
Species: P. cederbergensis – P. kamaseb – P. khabus – P. problematica
Name
Purcelliana Cooke, 1964
Type species: Purcelliana problematica Cooke, 1964 by monotypy
Gender: feminine
References
Primary references
Additional references
Rodrigues, B.V.B. & Rheims, C.A. 2020. An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4799(1): 001–080. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1. Paywall. Reference page.
Purcelliana is a genus of South African long-spinneret ground spiders. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1964,[2] and is only found in South Africa.[1]
Species
As of August 2022 it contains four species:[1]
Purcelliana cederbergensis Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
Purcelliana kamaseb Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
Purcelliana khabus Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
Purcelliana problematica Cooke, 1964 – South Africa
See also
List of Prodidominae species
References
"Gen. Purcelliana Cooke, 1964". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
Cooke, J. A. L. (1964). "A revisionary study of some spiders of the rare family Prodidomidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 142: 257–305.
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