Janusia

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Janusia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Janusia
Gray, 1973 [1]
Species:
J. muiri
Binomial name
Janusia muiri
Gray, 1973

Janusia is a monotypic genus of Australian wandering spiders containing the single species, Janusia muiri. It was first described by Michael R. Gray in 1973, [2] and has only been found in Australia. [1] Originally placed with the Miturgidae, it was moved to the Ctenidae in 1989. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Janusia Gray, 1973". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. Gray, M. R. (September 1973). "CAVERNICOLOUS SPIDERS FROM THE NULLARBOR PLAIN AND SOUTH-WEST AUSTRALIA". Austral Entomology . 12 (3): 207–221. doi:10.1111/J.1440-6055.1973.TB01661.X. ISSN   1326-6756. Wikidata   Q99656009.
  3. Gray, M. R. (1989). "Cavernicolous spiders (Arancae) [sic] from Undara, Queensland and Cape Range, Western Australia". Helictite. 27: 88.