Proszynskia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Proszynskia Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 [1] |
Type species | |
Viciria diatreta (
Simon, 1902)
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Species | |
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Proszynskia is a small genus of south Asian jumping spiders erected by N. Kanesharatnam and Benjamin in 2019 after a molecular phylogenetic study of south Asian spiders showed the relationship between two species previously belonging to Marpissa and Phintella. [2] [1] They are large for jumping spiders, growing up to 7 to 9 millimetres (0.28 to 0.35 in) long. The thin abdomen has a yellow stripe between two black stripes. [2]
The genus is named after Jerzy Prószyński, a major contributor to the knowledge of jumping spiders, [2] and as of April 2022 [update] it contains only two species: P. anusuae and P. diatreta. [1] The single most likely cladogram shows that Phintelloides is sister to Phintella, with Proszynskia sister to both: [2]
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