Proboscidula is a genus of African comb-footed spiders that was first described by F. Miller in 1970.[2] As of June 2020[update] it contains two species, found in Africa: P. loricata and P. milleri.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Proboscidula Miller, 1970[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. loricata Miller, 1970
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Proboscidula Miller, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ Miller, F. (1970). "Spinnenarten der Unterfamilie Micryphantinae und der Familie Theridiidae aus Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 82: 75–166.
Further reading
edit- Knoflach, B. (1995). "Two remarkable afromontane Theridiidae: Proboscidula milleri n. sp. and Robertus calidus n. sp. (Arachnida, Araneae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 102: 979–988.
- Levi, H. W. (1972). "Taxonomic-nomenclatural notes on misplaced theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with observations on Anelosimus". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 91: 533–538.
- Miller, F. (1970). "Spinnenarten der Unterfamilie Micryphantinae und der Familie Theridiidae aus Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 82: 75–166.
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