Propostira is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] As of June 2020 it contains two species, found in Sri Lanka and India: P. quadrangulata and P. ranii.[1]

Propostira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Propostira
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
P. quadrangulata
Simon, 1894
Species

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Propostira Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  2. ^ Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

Further reading

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  • Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 1–71.
  • Bhattacharya, G. C. (1935). "A new spider of Bengal, mimicking Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabr.)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 37: 960–962.
  • Simon, E. (1895). "Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 64: 131–160.