{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Austrodomus | authority = Lawrence, 1947<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''A. zuluensis'' | type_species_authority = Lawrence, 1947 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{Specieslist | A. scaber|<small>(Purcell, 1904)</small> – South Africa | A. zuluensis|<small>Lawrence, 1947</small> – South Africa}} }}
'''''Austrodomus''''' is a genus of long-spinneret ground spider that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1947.<ref name=Lawr1947 /> They are found is southern Africa.<ref name=NMBE />
==Description== {{see also|Glossary of spider terms}}
Spiders in the genus ''Austrodomus'' have a total length 1.66–2.50 mm for males and 2.04–5.34 mm for females. The carapace and legs are yellow, and the opisthosoma is grayish. The carapace is longer than wide, oval, and fairly flat, without thoracic stria. The clypeus is narrowed.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />
The genus has eight eyes with the posterior eye row strongly procurved and the anterior eye row approximately straight. The chelicerae are large without boss and generally projected antero-ventrally. The sternum is longer than wide with an anterior margin that is rounded and rebordered anteriorly and laterally. The posterior region strongly protrudes between coxae IV with numerous long and erect setae. The opisthosoma is oval and longer than wide, without scales. The dorsum of the abdomen lacks curved setae anteriorly.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />
There are six spinnerets, with anterior lateral spinnerets as long as wide and contiguous. The legs are fairly long and slender with a formula of 4123. Legs III and IV have spines on the femora, tibiae, and metatarsi. There are two smooth claws and dense claw tufts of tenent setae inserted in a well-delimited plate. The tarsus has modified apical ventral setae, and a solid claw tuft clasper is present.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />
==Species== {{as of|2025|9}} the genus contains four species:<ref name=NMBE /> * ''Austrodomus gamsberg'' <small>Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020</small> - Namibia * ''Austrodomus oxoniensis'' <small>(Cooke, 1964)</small> - Tanzania * ''Austrodomus scaber'' <small>(Purcell, 1904)</small> - Namibia, South Africa * ''Austrodomus zuluensis'' <small>Lawrence, 1947</small> - Mozambique, South Africa
==Taxonomy== The genus was transferred from Prodidomidae to Gnaphosidae (Prodidominae) by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos (2018),<ref name="dippenaar2021" /> and back to the restored Prodidomidae by Azevedo et al., 2022.<ref name=NMBE />
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Austrodomus Lawrence, 1947| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2022-08-09| year=2022| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2439| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2021">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | year=2021 | title=The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. part 1 (A-D) | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=42–43 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.7197174 | url=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7197174 | accessdate=22 September 2025}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name=Lawr1947>{{cite journal| last=Lawrence| first=R. F.| year=1947| title=A collection of Arachnida made by Dr. I. Trägårdh in Natal and Zululand (1904-1905)| journal=Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar| pages=1–41| volume=5| issue=9}}</ref> }}
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Category:Endemic spiders of South Africa Category:Araneomorphae genera Category:Gnaphosidae