''Prionosternum'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n
white tailed spiders that was first described by R. A. Dunn in 1951.
it contains only three species: ''
P. nitidiceps'', ''
P. porongurup'', and ''
P. scutatum''.
Originally placed with the
ground spider
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
s, it was moved to the Lamponidae in 2000.
See also
*
List of Lamponidae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Lamponidae
Spiders of Australia
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