Wydundra Explained

Wydundra is a genus of 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 forty-six species, found only in Australia and Malaysia:^[3]

• Wydundra alexandria Platnick & Baehr, 2013 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wydundra anjo Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wydundra barrow Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Wydundra camooweal Platnick & Baehr, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra carinda Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia, New South Wales)
• Wydundra charnley Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wydundra chillagoe Platnick & Baehr, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra churchillae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wydundra clifton Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
• Wydundra cooper Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia, New South Wales)
• Wydundra cunderdin Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wydundra daunton Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra drysdale Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wydundra ethabuka Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
• Wydundra fitzroy Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra flattery Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra garnet Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra gibb Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Wydundra gilliat Platnick & Baehr, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra gully Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra gunbiyarrmi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wydundra humbert Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wydundra humptydoo Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wydundra jabiru Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wydundra kalamurina Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
• Wydundra kennedy Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wydundra kohi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra leichhardti Platnick & Baehr, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra lennard Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wydundra lindsay Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
• Wydundra lowrie Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra moolooloo Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
• Wydundra moondarra Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra morton Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Wydundra neinaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra newcastle Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra normanton Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra octomile Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra osbourne Platnick & Baehr, 2006 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra percy Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra solo Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Wydundra uluru Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Wydundra undara Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
• Wydundra voc (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001) – Malaysia, Indonesia Moluccas)
• Wydundra webberae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Wydundra windsor Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (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.
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. Web site: Gen. Wydundra Platnick & Baehr, 2006. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.