Prostheclina is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1882.[2]

Prostheclina
Prostheclina pallida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Prostheclina
Keyserling, 1882[1]
Type species
P. pallida
Keyserling, 1882
Species

7, see text

Species

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Until 2007, only one species from this genus was known. As of August 2019 it contains seven species, found only in Australia:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Prostheclina Keyserling, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. ^ Keyserling, E. (1882). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 1325–1420.