{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}} {{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = Macrogradungula_moonya.jpg | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Macrogradungula moonya | authority = Gray, 1987 | parent_authority = Gray, 1987<ref name=wsc /> }}
'''''Macrogradungula''''' is a monotypic genus of Australian large-clawed spiders containing the single species, '''''Macrogradungula moonya'''''. It was first described by Michael R. Gray in 1987,<ref name=Fors1987 /> and has only been found in Australia.<ref name=wsc /> It is classified under the family Gradungulidae, superfamily Austrochiloidea, and suborder Araneomorphae.<ref name=wsc /><ref name="ausar" /><ref name="Atlas" />
==Distribution== ''Macrogradungula moonya'' is currently known from three disjunct localities in northeastern Queensland, Australia. The first specimens were recovered from rainforest sink holes in Boulder Creek, Walter Hill Range.<ref name=Fors1987 /><ref name="milledge" /><ref name="goosem2002" /> Other specimens were reported from caves and cavities among boulder fields in the mountains of the Kalkajaka National Park and Mount Bartle Frere. It is unknown if these other populations may represent new species.<ref name="couper2008" />
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1014 | title=Gen. ''Macrogradungula'' Gray, 1987 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref> <ref name="Atlas">{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fe12de56-9576-4f13-9f2c-dace55ba1118#|title=''Macrogradungula moonya'' Gray, 1987|publisher=Atlas of Living Australia|access-date=2013-10-05}}</ref> <ref name="ausar">{{cite web |author=Volker W. Framenau |date=2013-09-15 |title=Checklist of Australian Spiders Version 1.24 |url=http://www.australasian-arachnology.org/download/checklist_australian_spiders.pdf |access-date=2013-10-05 |publisher=Australasian Arachnological Society}}</ref> <ref name="goosem2002">{{cite book |last=Goosem |first=Stephen |url=http://www.wettropics.gov.au/site/user-assets/docs/WT_Periodic_Report_Attachments.pdf |title=Update of Original Wet Tropics of Queensland Nomination Dossier |publisher=Wet Tropics Management Authority |year=2002 |page=16}}</ref> <ref name="couper2008">{{cite journal |last1=Couper |first1=Patrick J. |last2=Conrad |first2=J. Hoskin |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |title=Litho-refugia: the importance of rock landscapes for the long-term persistence of Australian rainforest fauna |url=http://www.rzsnsw.org.au/Volumes%20of%20RZS%20papers/2008%20vol34%284%29/Couper%20P%20J%20Hoskin%20C%20J%20Litho-refugia%20-%20the%20importance%20of%20rock%20landscapes%20for%20the%20long-term%20persistence%20of%20Australian%20rainforest%20fauna.pdf |journal=Australian Zoologist |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=554–560 |doi=10.7882/az.2008.032 |doi-access=free}}</ref> <ref name="Fors1987">{{cite Q|Q93875424|last=Forster|first=R. R.|last2=Platnick|first2=N. I.|last3=Gray|first3=M. R.}}</ref> <ref name="milledge">{{cite journal|first=Graham A.|last=Milledge|year=1997|title=A new species of ''Progradungula'' Forster & Gray (Araneae: Gradungulidae) from Victoria|journal=Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria|volume=56|issue=1|pages=65–68|doi=10.24199/j.mmv.1997.56.02 |url=https://archive.org/details/MemoirsMuseumVi56Muse}}</ref> }}
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Category:Gradungulidae Category:Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Category:Spiders of Australia Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Taxa named by Michael R. Gray