Molycria is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.[3]

Molycria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Molycria
Simon, 1887[1]
Type species
M. mammosa
Species

36, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Molycria Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Platnick, N. I.; Baehr, B. (2006). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 25. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1887). "Observation sur divers arachnides: synonymies et descriptions". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 7 (6): 193–195.