Phonognatha
| Phonognatha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Phonognatha graeffei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Phonognatha Simon, 1894[1] |
Phonognatha is a genus of spider. A small genus of six species of the family Araneidae, it was previously placed in Tetragnathidae.[1][2]
The type species Phonognatha graeffei (leaf curling spider), is a common Australian spider found in urban areas as well as woodlands in the North-eastern, Eastern and Southern states.
As of September 2018, the World Spider Catalog recognizes the following species:[1]
- Phonognatha graeffei (Australia)
- Phonognatha guanga (Philippines)
- Phonognatha joannae (New Caledonia)
- Phonognatha melania (Australia, Tasmania)
- Phonognatha melanopyga (Australia)
- Phonognatha pallida (Western Australia)
A further species, Phonognatha vicitra, was formerly placed in the genus, but it has been shown to be a misidentification of Acusilas coccineus.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Phonognatha Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ↑ Kuntner, M., J. A. Coddington & G. Hormiga. 2008. Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies. Cladistics 24: 190.
- ↑ Sankaran, P.M. & Sebastian, P.A. (2018). "Phonognatha vicitra Sherriffs, 1928—a taxonomic misidentification of the orb-weaving spider Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Araneidae)". Zootaxa. 4434 (2): 391–395. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.12.
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