Paratupua
Genus of spiders
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Paratupua is a monotypic genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae found in Victoria, Australia.[1] It contains the single species, Paratupua grayi. Though it's sometimes misspelled Paratupa,[2] the correct spelling is "Paratupua".[2][1]
| Paratupua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Physoglenidae |
| Genus: | Paratupua Platnick, 1990[1] |
| Species: | P. grayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Paratupua grayi Platnick, 1990 | |
Both genus and species were first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1990,[2] who placed it with the Synotaxidae. In 2017, it was moved to the Physoglenidae.[3]
