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Plutonodomus Cooke 1964
Description
Genus Plutonodomus Cooke, 1964
Plutonodomus Cooke, 1964: 280 (Type species by monotypy, Plutonodomus kungwensis Cooke, 1964).
Remarks. Plutonodomus is the only known African Prodidominae genus that shows adaptations to a subterranean environment. Plutonodomus kungwensis Cooke, 1964 was collected in a termite nest (Microtermes sp.) at the edge of a gallery forest (Cooke 1964). It is known solely from the female holotype and no additional material belonging to this species was examined in this study.
Diagnosis and description. See Plutonodomus kungwensis.
Composition. Monotypic: P. kungwensis Cooke, 1964.
Distribution. Kungwe-Mahali Mts., Tanzania (Fig. 36).
Notes
Published as part of Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Rheims, Cristina A., 2020, An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 4799 (1) on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3896645
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Prodidomidae
- Genus
- Plutonodomus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Araneae
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Cooke
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Plutonodomus Cooke, 1964 sec. Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
References
- Cooke, J. A. L. (1964) A revisionary study of some spiders of the rare family Prodidomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 142, 257 - 305. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1964. tb 04625. x