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Pitonga woolowa

Pitonga is a monotypic genus of intertidal spiders containing the single species, Pitonga woolowa. It was first described by V. T. Davies in 1984, and has only been found in Northern Australia.

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Pitonga woolowa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Pitonga
Davies, 19841
Species:
P. woolowa
Binomial name
Pitonga woolowa
Davies, 1984

Pitonga is a monotypic genus of intertidal spiders containing the single species, Pitonga woolowa. It was first described by V. T. Davies in 1984,2 and has only been found in Northern Australia.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Pitonga Davies, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Davies, V. T. (1984). "Pitonga gen. nov., a spider (Amaurobiidae: Desinae) from northern Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 21: 261–269.