Proszynskiana is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. V. Logunov in 1996.[2] It is named in honor of arachnologist Jerzy Prószyński.[2]

Proszynskiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Proszynskiana
Logunov, 1996[1]
Type species
P. starobogatovi
Logunov, 1996
Species

7, see text

Taxonomy

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In Maddison's 2015 classification of the family Salticidae, Proszynskiana is placed in the tribe Aelurillini, part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae.[3]

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains seven species, found in Siberia, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Proszynskiana Logunov, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. ^ a b Logunov, D. V. (1996). "Salticidae of Middle Asia. 3. A new genus, Proszynskiana gen. n., in the subfamily Aelurillinae (Araneae, Salticidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 10: 171–177.
  3. ^ Maddison, Wayne P. (2015). "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3): 231–292. doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292. S2CID 85680279.