Paraplatoides

Paraplatoides is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Marek Michał Żabka in 1992.[2]

Paraplatoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Paraplatoides
Zabka, 1992[1]
Type species
P. tenerrimus
(L. Koch, 1879)
Species

7, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains seven species, found only in Australia and on New Caledonia:[1]

  • Paraplatoides caledonicus (Berland, 1932)New Caledonia
  • Paraplatoides christopheri Zabka, 1992Australia (Queensland)
  • Paraplatoides darwini Waldock, 2009 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Paraplatoides hirsti Zabka, 1992 – Australia (South Australia)
  • Paraplatoides longulus Zabka, 1992 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Paraplatoides niger Zabka, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales to Tasmania)
  • Paraplatoides tenerrimus (L. Koch, 1879) (type) – Australia (Queensland)

References

  1. "Gen. Paraplatoides Zabka, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. Żabka, M. (1992). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, VII. Paraplatoides and Grayenulla - new genera from Australia and New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum. 44: 165–183.


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