Proszynskia is a small genus of south Asian jumping spiders erected by N. Kanesharatnam and Benjamin in 2019 after a molecular phylogenetic study of south Asian spiders showed the relationship between two species previously belonging to Marpissa and Phintella.[2][1] They are large for jumping spiders, growing up to 7 to 9 millimetres (0.28 to 0.35 in) long. The thin abdomen has a yellow stripe between two black stripes.[2]
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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: | Proszynskia Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019[1] |
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| Viciria diatreta (Simon, 1902)
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The genus is named after Jerzy Prószyński, a major contributor to the knowledge of jumping spiders,[2] and as of April 2022[update] it contains only two species: P. anusuae and P. diatreta.[1] The single most likely cladogram shows that Phintelloides is sister to Phintella, with Proszynskia sister to both:[2]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Proszynskia Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ a b c d 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. Bibcode:2019ZooK..839....1K. doi:10.3897/zookeys.839.28312. PMC 6482596. PMID 31065224.
Further reading
edit- Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)" [Description of new arachnids of the family Salticidae (Attidae) (continued)]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 46: 24–56, 363–406.
- Caleb, J. T. D. (2016). "New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India". Arthropoda Selecta. 25 (3): 271–277. doi:10.15298/arthsel.25.3.06.
- Caleb, J. T. D.; Mathai, M. T. (2014). "Description of some interesting jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from South India". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 2 (5): 63–71.
- Tikader, B. K.; Biswas, B. (1981). "Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I". Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper. 30: 1–149.
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