Proszynskia
Proszynskia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders first described by N. Kanesharatnam & Benjamin in 2019.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Proszynskia Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. diatreta (Simon, 1902) | |
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Taxonomy
The genus Proszynskia was first described in 2019 by N. Kanesharatnam and Benjamin. They studied a group of South Asian spiders that had originally been identified as belonging to the genera Chrysilla and Phintella. Their molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses showed that there were three distinct groups of species, relatively distant from Chrysilla. Accordingly, they erected two new genera, Proszynskia and Phintelloides. The single most likely cladogram showed that Phintelloides was sister to Phintella, with Proszynskia sister to both:[2]
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References
- "Gen. Proszynskia Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- Kanesharatnam, N.; Benjamin, S. P. (2019). "Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis reveals a radiation of shiny South Asian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae)". ZooKeys. 839: 1–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.839.28312.
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