Pungalina (spider)

Pungalina is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Barry J. Richardson in 2013.[2]

This article is about a genus of spiders. For Australian wildlife sanctuary, see Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary.

Pungalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pungalina
Richardson, 2013[1]
Type species
P. weiri
Richardson, 2013
Species

6, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains six species, found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland:[1]

  • Pungalina albobarbata (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Pungalina plurilineata Richardson, 2016 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Pungalina semiatra (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Pungalina semiferruginea (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Pungalina waldockae Richardson, 2016 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Pungalina weiri Richardson, 2013 (type) – Australia (Northern Territory)

References
  1. "Gen. Pungalina Richardson, 2013". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. Richardson, B. J. (2013). "New unidentate jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia". Zootaxa. 3716: 460–474.


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