Nyssus

Nyssus
S. picta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus:
Walckenaer, 1805[1]
Type species
N. coloripes Walckenaer, 1805
Species

15, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Anchognatha
  • Supunna

Nyssus is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805.[2]

Species

As of March 2019 it contains fifteen species:[1]

  • Nyssus albopunctatus (Hogg, 1896) — Australia (Northern Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania), New Zealand
  • Nyssus avidus (Thorell, 1881) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus coloripes Walckenaer, 1805 — Australia (mainland, Tasmania). Introduced to New Zealand
  • Nyssus emu Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus insularis (L. Koch, 1873) — Fiji, Solomon Is.
  • Nyssus jaredwardeni Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus jonraveni Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia, Queensland)
  • Nyssus loureedi Raven, 2015 — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
  • Nyssus luteofinis Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus paradoxus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus pseudomaculatus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Nyssus robertsi Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus semifuscus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus wendyae Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Nyssus yuggera Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Nyssus Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions.