Namundra

Namundra is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & T. L. Bird in 2007.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]

Namundra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Namundra
Platnick & Bird, 2007[1]
Species

4, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Africa:[1]

  • Namundra brandberg Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Namibia
  • Namundra griffinae Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Namibia
  • Namundra kleynjansi Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Namibia
  • Namundra leechi Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Angola

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Namundra Platnick & Bird, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Bird, T. L. (2007). "On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae (Araneae, Prodidomidae)". American Museum Novitates. 3552: 1–8. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3552[1:OTFASO]2.0.CO;2.
  3. 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.


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