Prionosternum

Prionosternum is a genus of Australian white tailed spiders that was first described by R. A. Dunn in 1951.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species: P. nitidiceps, P. porongurup, and P. scutatum.[1] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Lamponidae in 2000.[3]

Prionosternum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lamponidae
Genus: Prionosternum
Dunn, 1951[1]
Type species
P. scutatum
Dunn, 1951
Species
  • P. nitidiceps (Simon, 1909) – Southern Australia, Tasmania
  • P. porongurup Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • P. scutatum Dunn, 1951 – Australia (Western Australia)

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Prionosternum Dunn, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. Dunn, R. A. (1951). "Spiders of the Russell Grimwade expedition". Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne. 17: 9–18.
  3. Platnick, N. I. (2000). "A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 245: 219. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1592.


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