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Missulena pruinosa

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Missulena pruinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Actinopodidae
Genus: Missulena
Species:
M. insignis
Binomial name
Missulena insignis
Levitt-Gregg, 1966[1]

Missulena pruinosa, commonly known as the northern mouse spider, as others in its genus are also mouse spiders,[2] is a species of spider belonging to the family Actinopodidae, native to Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Taxon details Missulena pruinosa Levitt-Gregg, 1966", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-15
  2. ^ Framenau, Volker; Miglio, Laura; Harms, Danilo; Harvey, Mark (2014-05-22). "Four new Mouse Spider species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae, Missulena) from Western Australia". ZooKeys. 410. Pensoft Publishers: 121–148. doi:10.3897/zookeys.410.7156. ISSN 1313-2970.