Janusia

Janusia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Janusia
Gray, 1973
Species:
J. muiri
Binomial name
Janusia muiri
Gray, 1973

Janusia is a monotypic genus of Australian wandering spiders containing the single species, Janusia muiri. It was first described by Michael R. Gray in 1973, and has only been found in Australia. Originally placed with the Miturgidae, it was moved to the Ctenidae in 1989.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Janusia Gray, 1973". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. ↑ Gray, M. R. (1973). "CAVERNICOLOUS SPIDERS FROM THE NULLARBOR PLAIN AND SOUTH-WEST AUSTRALIA". Austral Entomology. 12 (3): 207–221. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb01661.x. Wikidata Q99656009.
  3. ↑ Gray, M. R. (1989). "Cavernicolous spiders (Arancae) [sic] from Undara, Queensland and Cape Range, Western Australia". Helictite. 27: 88.