Proboscidula

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Proboscidula | authority = Miller, 1970<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''P. loricata'' | type_species_authority = Miller, 1970 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{Specieslist | ''P. loricata''|<small>Miller, 1970</small> – Angola | ''P. milleri''|<small>Knoflach, 1995</small> – Rwanda}} }} '''''Proboscidula''''' is a genus of African comb-footed spiders that was first described by F. Miller in 1970.<ref name=Mill1970>{{cite journal| last=Miller| first=F.| year=1970| title=Spinnenarten der Unterfamilie Micryphantinae und der Familie Theridiidae aus Angola| journal=Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola| pages=75–166| volume=82}}</ref> {{as of|2020|06}} it contains two species, found in Africa: ''P. loricata'' and ''P. milleri''.<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. Proboscidula Miller, 1970| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-07-01| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3527| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{cite journal| last=Knoflach| first=B.| year=1995| title=Two remarkable afromontane Theridiidae: ''Proboscidula milleri'' n. sp. and ''Robertus calidus'' n. sp. (Arachnida, Araneae)| journal=Revue suisse de Zoologie| pages=979–988| volume=102}} *{{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=1972| title=Taxonomic-nomenclatural notes on misplaced theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with observations on ''Anelosimus''| journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society| pages=533–538| volume=91}} *{{cite journal| last=Miller| first=F.| year=1970| title=Spinnenarten der Unterfamilie Micryphantinae und der Familie Theridiidae aus Angola| journal=Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola| pages=75–166| volume=82}}

Category:Theridiidae genera Category:Spiders of Africa Category:Theridiidae