Nomindra Explained

Nomindra is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Barbara Baehr in 2006.^[1] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.^[2]

Species

it contains sixteen species, found in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory:^[3]

• Nomindra arenaria Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Nomindra barlee Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Nomindra berrimah Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Nomindra cocklebiddy Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Nomindra cooma Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Nomindra fisheri Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Nomindra flavipes (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Nomindra gregory Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Nomindra indulkana Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Nomindra jarrnarm Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Nomindra kinchega Platnick & Baehr, 2006 (type) – Australia (South Australia, Queensland to Victoria)
• Nomindra leeuweni Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Southern Australia
• Nomindra ormiston Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia)
• Nomindra thatch Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Nomindra woodstock Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Nomindra yeni Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia to Queensland)

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species

Notes and References

1. Platnick. N. I.. Baehr. B.. 2006. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–287. 298. Norman_I._Platnick. Barbara_Baehr. 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. 2246/5788.
2. Azevedo. G. H. F. Griswold. C. E.. Santos. A. J.. 2018. Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Cladistics. 34. 6. 614. 10.1111/cla.12226. free.
3. Gen. Nomindra Platnick & Baehr, 2006. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.