Avstroneulanda

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Avstroneulanda
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A. yarraman
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Avstroneulanda
Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022 [1]
Type species
A. grayi
Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022
Species

13, see text

Avstroneulanda is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae. [2]

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Distribution

Avstroneulanda is distributed across Australia and Papua New Guinea, with the majority of species occurring in Australia. The genus is represented in all Australian states and territories, with particularly high species diversity in Western Australia and Queensland. [2]

A. hostosi and A. kokoda are endemic to Papua New Guinea. [2]

Taxonomy

Spiders in this genus appear to be a sister group to the genera Zelanda and Encoptarthria . [1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes thirteen species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Zakharov, B. P.; Ovtsharenko, V. I. (2022). "A revision of the ground spider genus Zelanda Özdikmen, 2009 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), with a description of a new genus from Australasia". Arachnology. 19: 265–301. doi:10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.265.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Avstroneulanda Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-21.


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