Gradungula
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| Gradungula sorenseni | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
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| Binomial name | |
| Template:Taxon infoTemplate:Taxon italics Forster, 1955
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Gradungula is a monotypic genus of South Pacific large-clawed spiders containing the single species, Gradungula sorenseni. It is only found in New Zealand.[1]
Etymology
The genus name is derived from Latin Script error: No such module "Lang". "step" and Script error: No such module "Lang". "claw", referring to the enlarged front leg claws of this species. These claws also occur in other species of the family Gradungulidae.[citation needed] The species is named after Jack Sorensen, the discoverer of the species.[2]
Taxonomy
Gradungula sorenseni was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955.[3]
Distribution
Gradungula sorenseni is distributed in forests throughout the western South Island of New Zealand and throughout Stewart Island. [4]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gen. Gradungula Forster, 1955". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
- ^ Forster, Ray; Forster, Lyn (1999). Spiders Of New Zealand And Their World Wide Kin. Otago, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. pp. 119–124.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Forster, R. R. (1955). "A new family of spiders of the sub-order Hypochilomorphae". Pacific Science. 9: 277–285. hdl:10125/12859.
- ^ Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Gray, M. R. (1987). A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 185: 1-116.
External links
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