''Wesmaldra'' is a
genus of
Australian ground spiders
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' ...
that was first described by
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...
&
Barbara Baehr
Barbara Baehr (born Hoffmann; 25 February 1953) is a German research scientist, entomologist, arachnologist, and spider taxonomist. She has described over 400 new spider species, mostly from Australia. She is originally from Pforzheim, Germany.
...
in 2006.
Originally placed with the
long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to 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 in 2018.
Species
it contains fourteen species, found only in the
Northern Territory and
Western Australia:
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Wesmaldra baynesi
''Wesmaldra'' is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Barbara Baehr in 2006. Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.
Species
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Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra bidgemia''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 (
type
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) – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra bromilowi''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra hirsti
''Wesmaldra'' is a genus of Australia, Australian Gnaphosidae, ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Barbara Baehr in 2006. Originally placed with the Prodidomidae, long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ...
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Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra kakadu''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
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Wesmaldra learmonth''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra napier''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra nixaut''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra rolfei''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra splendida''
( Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra talgomine''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra urawa''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra waldockae''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Wesmaldra wiluna''
Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
See also
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List of Gnaphosidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Gnaphosidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 3059 species in 158 genera:
A ''Allomicythus''
''Allomicythus'' Ono, 2009
* '' Allomicythus kamurai'' Ono, 2009 ( type) — V ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Australia
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