Risdonius is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by V. V. Hickman in 1939.[2]As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

Risdonius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anapidae
Genus: Risdonius
Hickman, 1939[1]
Type species
R. parvus
Hickman, 1939
Species
  • R. barrington Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • R. lind Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Victoria)
  • R. parvus Hickman, 1939 – Australia (New South Wales to Tasmania)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Risdonius Hickman, 1939". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. ^ Hickman, V. V. (1939). "On a dipneumone spider (Risdonius parvus, gen. et sp. n.), the female of which has reduced palpi". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 108 (B): 655–660.