Namundra

Namundra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Prodidomidae
Genus:	Namundra; Platnick & Bird, 2007
Species
	5, see text

Namundra is a genus of African long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & T. L. Bird in 2007.^[2]

Description

Members of the genus Namundra are medium-sized spiders with a total length of approximately 2–5 mm. The carapace is rounded, narrowed in front to less than half its maximum width, with rebordered lateral margins and a reflexed posterior margin. The surface is coated with long, recumbent setae without tubercles.^[3]

Eight subequal eyes are present in two rows. The abdominal dorsum lacks an anterior scutum in males, and the cuticle has long, recumbent setae. Six spinnerets are present, with anterior laterals greatly elongated, equal to roughly half of total abdominal length and greatly advanced anteriorly.^[3]

Species

As of September 2025^[update] it contains five species, found only in Africa:^[1]

Namundra brandberg Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Namibia
Namundra griffinae Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Namibia (type species)
Namundra kleynjansi Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Namibia
Namundra leechi Platnick & Bird, 2007 – Angola
Namundra murphyi Haddad, 2022 – South Africa

References

1 2 "Gen. Namundra Platnick & Bird, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
↑ Platnick, N. I.; Bird, T. L. (2007). "On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae (Araneae, Prodidomidae)". American Museum Novitates (3552): 1–8. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3552[1:OTFASO]2.0.CO;2.
1 2 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2023). The Prodidomidae of South Africa. 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 1–42. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515818. Retrieved 24 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Namundra Platnick & Bird, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.

[Plat2007-2] Platnick, N. I.; Bird, T. L. (2007). "On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae (Araneae, Prodidomidae)". American Museum Novitates (3552): 1–8. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3552[1:OTFASO]2.0.CO;2.

[dippenaar2023-3] 1 2 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2023). The Prodidomidae of South Africa. 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 1–42. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515818. Retrieved 24 September 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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