Wugigarra

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Wugigarra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Wugigarra
Huber, 2001 [1]
Type species
W. tjapukai
Huber, 2001
Species

22, see text

Wugigarra is a genus of Australian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2001. [2]

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Species

As of June 2019 it contains twenty-two species, found in Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Wugigarra Huber, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Huber, B. A. (2001). "The pholcids of Australia (Araneae; Pholcidae): taxonomy, biogeography, and relationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 260: 1–144. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2001)260<0001:TPOAAP>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1438.