{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = Avstroneulanda yarraman 559668568.jpg | image2_caption = ''A. yarraman'' | taxon = Avstroneulanda | authority = Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022<ref name="zakharov2022" /> | type_species = ''A. grayi'' | type_species_authority = Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 13, see text }}
'''''Avstroneulanda''''' is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae.<ref name="wsc" />
==Distribution== ''Avstroneulanda'' is distributed across Australia and Papua New Guinea, with the majority of species occurring in Australia. The genus is represented in all Australian states and territories, with particularly high species diversity in Western Australia and Queensland.<ref name="wsc" />
''A. hostosi'' and ''A. kokoda'' are endemic to Papua New Guinea.<ref name="wsc" />
==Taxonomy== Spiders in this genus appear to be a sister group to the genera ''Zelanda'' and ''Encoptarthria''.<ref name="zakharov2022" />
==Species== {{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes thirteen species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Avstroneulanda grayi'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Capital Territory, Victoria) (type species) * ''Avstroneulanda harveyi'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Western Australia) * ''Avstroneulanda hostosi'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Papua New Guinea * ''Avstroneulanda johnmurphyi'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales) * ''Avstroneulanda joyae'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Western Australia) * ''Avstroneulanda julianneae'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Western Australia) * ''Avstroneulanda kokoda'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Papua New Guinea * ''Avstroneulanda lawless'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Queensland) * ''Avstroneulanda mariya'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Queensland) * ''Avstroneulanda raveni'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) * ''Avstroneulanda robertsi'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania) * ''Avstroneulanda serrata'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Western Australia) * ''Avstroneulanda yarraman'' <small>Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022</small> – Australia (Queensland) {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6091 | title=Gen. ''Avstroneulanda'' Zakharov & Ovtsharenko, 2022 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-21}}</ref> <ref name="zakharov2022">{{cite journal | last1=Zakharov | first1=B. P. | last2=Ovtsharenko | first2=V. I. | year=2022 | title=A revision of the ground spider genus Zelanda Özdikmen, 2009 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), with a description of a new genus from Australasia | journal=Arachnology | volume=19 | pages=265–301 | doi=10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.265}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Gnaphosidae genera Category:Spiders of Australia Category:Spiders described in 2022
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