Gradungulidae
{{short description|Family of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Large-clawed spiders
| image = Gradungula sorenseni.jpg
| image_caption = Gradungula sorenseni, male
| taxon = Gradungulidae
| authority = Forster, 1955
| range_map = Distribution.gradungulidae.1.png
| diversity = 7 genera, 16 species
}}
Gradungulidae, also known as large-clawed spiders, is a spider family endemic to Australia and New Zealand. They are medium to large-sized haplogyne spiders with three claws and two pairs of book-lungs similar to Mygalomorphae. Some species build extensive webs with an upper retreat tangle and connecting threads to scaffolding. This supports the ladder-like catching platform that is glued to the ground. Hickmania, Progradungula (a large spider with long legs like Hickmania,{{cite journal| last1=Forster| first1=R. R.| last2=Gray| first2=M. R.| year=1979| title=Progradungula, a new cribellate genus of the spider family Gradungulidae (Araneae)| journal=Australian Journal of Zoology| volume=27| issue=6| pages=1051–1071| doi=10.1071/ZO9791051| url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9791051.htm| url-access=subscription}}), and Macrogradungula are the only cribellate genera of the family.
Species
Gradungula Gertsch, 1958
- Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1955 — New Zealand
Hickmania Forster, 1955
- Hickmania troglodytes (Higgins & Petterd, 1883) — Tasmania
Kaiya Gray, 1987
- Kaiya bemboka Gray, 1987 — New South Wales
- Kaiya brindabella (Moran, 1985) — Australian Capital Territory
- Kaiya parnabyi Gray, 1987 — Victoria
- Kaiya terama Gray, 1987 (type species) — New South Wales
Macrogradungula Gray, 1987
- Macrogradungula moonya Gray, 1987 — Queensland
Pianoa Forster, 1987
- Pianoa isolata Forster, 1987 — New Zealand
Progradungula Forster & Gray, 1979
- Progradungula carraiensis Forster & Gray, 1979 (type species) — New South Wales
- Progradungula otwayensis Milledge, 1997 — Victoria
Spelungula Forster, 1987
- Spelungula cavernicola Forster, 1987 — New Zealand
Tarlina Gray, 1987
- Tarlina daviesae Gray, 1987 — Queensland
- Tarlina milledgei Gray, 1987 — New South Wales
- Tarlina noorundi Gray, 1987 (type species) — New South Wales
- Tarlina simipes Gray, 1987 — Queensland
- Tarlina smithersi Gray, 1987 — New South Wales
- Tarlina woodwardi (Forster, 1955) — Queensland
References
{{reflist}}
- Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. and Gray, M. R. (1987): A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the AMNH 185(1): 1-116 [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/969 Abstract] - [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/969/1/B185a01.pdf PDF (50Mb)]
External links
{{Wikispecies|Gradungulidae}}
- [http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/carrai_spider.htm Carrai cave spider Progradungula carraiensis]
{{Araneae}}
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Category:Spiders of New Zealand
Category:Araneomorphae families
Category:Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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