Pronophaea

Pronophaea is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species, all found in South Africa.[1]

Pronophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Pronophaea
Simon, 1897[1]
Type species
P. natalica
Simon, 1897
Species
  • P. natalica Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • P. proxima (Lessert, 1923) – South Africa
  • P. vidua (Lessert, 1923) – South Africa

References
  1. "Gen. Pronophaea Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. Simon, E. (1897). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 41: 8–17.


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