Plutonodomus Explained

Plutonodomus is a monotypic genus of Tanzanian long-spinneret ground spiders containing the single species, Plutonodomus kungwensis. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1964,^[1] and is only found in Tanzania.^[2] It was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018,^[3] then returned to Prodidominae in 2022.

See also

• List of Prodidominae species

Notes and References

1. Cooke. J. A. L.. 1964. A revisionary study of some spiders of the rare family Prodidomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 257–305. 142. 2. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1964.tb04625.x.
2. Gen. Plutonodomus Cooke, 1964. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. 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. 34706482.