| Phonognatha | |
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| Phonognatha graeffei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Phonognatha Simon, 1894 |
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| P. graeffei (Keyserling, 1865) | |
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Phonognatha is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It was originally placed with the long-jawed orb weavers, and was moved to Araneidae in 2008.
The leaf curling spider (Phonognatha graeffei) is a common Australian spider found in urban areas as well as woodlands of the northeastern, eastern, and southern states. Phonognatha vicitra was formerly placed in the genus, but it has been shown to be a misidentification of Acusilas coccineus.
Species
As of April 2019 it contains four species:
- Phonognatha graeffei (Keyserling, 1865) (type) – Australia
- Phonognatha melania (L. Koch, 1871) – Australia
- Phonognatha neocaledonica Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
- Phonognatha tanyodon Kallal & Hormiga, 2018 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
References
- ^ "Gen. Phonognatha Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- Dondale, C. D. (1966). "The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14 (6): 1170. doi:10.1071/ZO9661157.
- Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- Kuntner, M.; Coddington, J. A.; Hormiga, G. (2008). "Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies". Cladistics. 24 (2): 190. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00176.x. S2CID 83806105.
- Sankaran, P.M. & Sebastian, P.A. (2018). "Phonognatha vicitra Sherriffs, 1928—a taxonomic misidentification of the orb-weaving spider Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Araneidae)". Zootaxa. 4434 (2): 391–395. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.12. PMID 30313195. S2CID 52976589.
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