An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Rodrigues, Bruno V. B.
Author
Rheims, Cristina A.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-16
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journal article
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Genus
Plutonodomus
Cooke, 1964
Plutonodomus
Cooke, 1964: 280
(
Type
species by monotypy,
Plutonodomus kungwensis
Cooke, 1964
).
Remarks.
Plutonodomus
is the only known African
Prodidominae
genus that shows adaptations to a subterranean environment.
Plutonodomus kungwensis
Cooke, 1964
was collected in a termite nest (
Microtermes
sp.) at the edge of a gallery forest (
Cooke 1964
). It is known solely from the female
holotype
and no additional material belonging to this species was examined in this study.
Diagnosis and description.
See
Plutonodomus kungwensis
.
Composition.
Monotypic:
P. kungwensis
Cooke, 1964
.
Distribution.
Kungwe-Mahali Mts.,
Tanzania
(
Fig. 36
).