Questo

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Questo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gallieniellidae
Genus: Questo
Platnick, 2002 [1]
Species:
Q. annuello
Binomial name
Questo annuello
Platnick, 2002

Questo is a monotypic genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae containing the single species, Questo annuello, named after where it was found, Annuello, Victoria. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002, [2] and has only been found in Australia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Questo Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 58–60. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2246/494 .