Prethopalpus
Sign in to savePrethopalpus is a spider genus known as goblin spiders and are found in the Australasian tropics, including Nepal, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Three species are widely distributed, whereas the majority of species are recorded a single localities. Of the 41 species, 14 blind troglobite species live in subterranean ecosystems in Western Australia.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Prethopalpus, and connects out to India, Australia and Indonesia.
It sits within the topics Araneomorphae genera, Oonopidae and Spiders of Asia.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyOonopidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 53
- Family
- Oonopidae
- Collections
- QM, FMNH, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Prethopalpus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Baehr, Harvey, Burger & Thoma, 2012
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Encyclopedic overview
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Prethopalpus is a spider genus known as goblin spiders and are found in the Australasian tropics, including Nepal, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Three species are widely distributed, whereas the majority of species are recorded a single localities. Of the 41 species, 14 blind troglobite species live in subterranean ecosystems in Western Australia.
==See also== Prethopalpus attenboroughi Baehr & Harvey, 2012: Queensland, Torres Strait Prethopalpus maini Baehr & Harvey, 2012: Western Australia, Pilbara
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