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Grayenulla

Grayenulla is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Marek Michał Żabka in 1992.

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Grayenulla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Grayenulla
Zabka, 1992
Type species
Grayenulla dejongi
Zabka, 1992
Species

7, see text

Grayenulla is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Marek Michał Żabka in 1992.1

The generic name honours Michael R. Gray.1

Species

As of June 2019 it contains seven species, found only in Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia:2

  • Grayenulla australensis Zabka, 1992 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Grayenulla dejongi Zabka, 1992 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Grayenulla nova Zabka, 1992 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Grayenulla spinimana Zabka & Gray, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Grayenulla waldockae Zabka, 1992 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Grayenulla wilganea Zabka & Gray, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Grayenulla wishartorum Zabka, 1992 – Australia (Queensland)
References

References

  1. Żabka, M. (1992). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, VII. Paraplatoides and Grayenulla - new genera from Australia and New Caledonia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 44 (2): 165–183. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.44.1992.31.
  2. "Gen. Grayenulla Zabka, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-16.