Wesmaldra

Wesmaldra is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Barbara Baehr in 2006.^[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.^[3]

Wesmaldra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Prodidomidae
Genus:	Wesmaldra Platnick & Baehr, 2006[1]
Type species
W. bidgemia Platnick & Baehr, 2006
Species
14, see text

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains fourteen species, found only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia:^[1]

• Wesmaldra baynesi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra bidgemia Platnick & Baehr, 2006 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra bromilowi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra hirsti Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra kakadu Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wesmaldra learmonth Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra napier Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra nixaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra rolfei Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra splendida (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra talgomine Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra urawa Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra waldockae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wesmaldra wiluna Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Wesmaldra Platnick & Baehr, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 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: 1–287. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5788.
3. Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.