Prostheclina is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1882.[2]
| Prostheclina | |
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| Prostheclina pallida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Prostheclina Keyserling, 1882[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. pallida Keyserling, 1882
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| Species | |
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Species edit
Until 2007, only one species from this genus was known. As of August 2019[update] it contains seven species, found only in Australia:[1]
- Prostheclina amplior Richardson & Zabka, 2007 – Australia (Queensland to Tasmania)
- Prostheclina basilonesa Richardson & Zabka, 2007 – Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
- Prostheclina boreoaitha Richardson & Zabka, 2007 – Australia (Queensland)
- Prostheclina boreoxantha Richardson & Zabka, 2007 – Australia (Queensland)
- Prostheclina bulburin Richardson & Zabka, 2007 – Australia (Queensland)
- Prostheclina eungella Richardson & Zabka, 2007 – Australia (Queensland)
- Prostheclina pallida Keyserling, 1882 (type) – Eastern Australia
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Prostheclina Keyserling, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ Keyserling, E. (1882). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 1325–1420.
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