Wesmaldra

Life-forms

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: Wesmaldra
Species: W. baynesi – W. bidgemia – W. bromilowi – W. hirsti – W. kakadu – W. learmonth – W. napier – W. nixaut – W. rolfei – W. splendida – W. talgomine – W. urawa – W. waldockae – W. wiluna
Name

Wesmaldra Platnick & Baehr, 2006

Type species: Wesmaldra bidgemia Platnick & Baehr, 2006
References
Primary references

Platnick, N.I. & Baehr, B.C. 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. Reference page.

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]

Wesmaldra baynesi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra bidgemia Platnick & Baehr, 2006 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra bromilowi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra hirsti Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra kakadu Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
Wesmaldra learmonth Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra napier Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra nixaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra rolfei Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra splendida (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra talgomine Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra urawa Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra waldockae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Wesmaldra wiluna Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)

See also

List of Gnaphosidae species

References

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.
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.
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.