Phryganoporus

Phryganoporous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Phryganoporus
Simon, 1908
Species

See text.

Diversity
5 species

Phryganoporus is a spider genus in the family Desidae. Its five species only occur in Australia and Tasmania, with one species also occurring on Norfolk Island, south of New Caledonia.

The genus is related to the "black house spiders" (Badumna sp.).

Name

The genus name is derived from Greek phryganon "dry stick" and poros "hole", referring to the web, which is often built on dry shrubs with a hole as an entrance.

Species

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