World Spider Catalog

Gradungulidae Forster, 1955

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Gradungula Forster, 1955 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00302

type Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1955; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Gradungula brindabella Moran, 1985 -- see Kaiya

Gradungula woodwardi Forster, 1955 -- see Tarlina

Gradungula kahurangi Michalik & Vink, 2026 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066622

Gradungula kahurangi Michalik et al., 2026: 13, f. 8, 9a-c, 11 (Dm) Original description

Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1955 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002535

Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1955a: 278, f. 1a-h, 2a-c (Dmf) Original description

Gradungula sorenseni Davies, 1969: 97, f. 13-14 (m)

Gradungula sorenseni Forster & Gray, 1979: 1051, f. 11, 15-16, 28, 41-42 (m)

Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1980: 280, f. 15 (f)

Gradungula sorenseni Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 61, f. 165, 173, 179-182, 190, 199-200, 217-221, 326, 363, 367-368, 387-391 (mf)

Gradungula sorenseni Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 130, f. 42a-j (mf)

Gradungula sorenseni Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 29, f. 7.1, 4-5 (mf)

Gradungula sorenseni Pérez-González, Rubio & Ramírez, 2016: 37, f. 3A (f)

Gradungula sorenseni Michalik et al., 2026: 16, f. 10a-c, 11 (m)

Gen. Hickmania Gertsch, 1958 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00300

type Theridion troglodytes Higgins & Petterd, 1883; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Hypochilidae to the Hickmaniidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 299, to the Austrochilidae by Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 48 and to the Gradungulidae by Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2021: 855; synonymy with Thaida (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is also rejected by Kulkarni & Hormiga, 2021: 855.

Hickmania troglodytes (Higgins & Petterd, 1883) | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002532

Theridion troglodytes Higgins & Petterd, 1883: 191 (D) Original description

Ectatosticta australis Simon, 1902c: 240 (Dj)

Ectatostica troglodytes Rainbow, 1904c: 327, pl. 46, f. 1-4 (Df, T from Theridion, S of Ectatosticta australis)

Ectatosticta troglodytes Hickman, 1928: 169, pl. 24, f. 6-7 (Dm)

Hickmania troglodytes Gertsch, 1958c: 16, f. 20, 32-40, 44 (Tmf from Ectatosticta)

Hickmania troglodytes Lehtinen, 1967: 431, f. 16 (m)

Hickmania troglodytes Forster & Gray, 1979: 1061, f. 20, 32

Hickmania troglodytes Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 49, f. 327, 341-346, 355, 362, 371, 376, 380 (mf)

Gen. Kaiya Gray, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00303

type Kaiya terama Gray, 1987; gender feminine

Kaiya bemboka Gray, 1987 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002536

Kaiya bemboka Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 80, f. 188, 193, 247, 284-286, 394 (Dmf) Original description

Kaiya brindabella (Moran, 1985) | | Australia (Capital Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002537

Gradungula brindabella Moran, 1985: 304, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Kaiya brindabella Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 79, f. 213-214, 267-272, 392-393 (Tmf from Gradungula)

Kaiya parnabyi Gray, 1987 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002538

Kaiya parnabyi Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 81, f. 287-293 (Dmf) Original description

Kaiya terama Gray, 1987 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002539

Kaiya terama Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 76, f. 164, 166, 172, 186-187, 194, 201, 211-212, 246, 258-263, 273-280, 282-283, 335-336, 347-348, 354, 384 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Macrogradungula Gray, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00304

type Macrogradungula moonya Gray, 1987; gender feminine

Macrogradungula moonya Gray, 1987 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002540

Macrogradungula moonya Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 90, f. 203-204, 208, 316-325 (Df) Original description

Gen. Pianoa Forster, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00305

type Pianoa isolata Forster, 1987; gender feminine

Pianoa civis Vink & Michalik, 2026 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066621

Pianoa civis Michalik et al., 2026: 9, f. 5a-d, 6a-c, 11 (Dm) Original description

Pianoa isolata Forster, 1987 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002541

Pianoa isolata Forster in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 88, f. 170-171, 183, 192, 196-197, 304-315, 328, 358-359, 374, 382 (Dmf) Original description

Pianoa isolata Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 29, f. 7.7 (m)

Pianoa isolata Michalik et al., 2026: 12, f. 7a-c, 11 (m)

Gen. Progradungula Forster & Gray, 1979 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00306

type Progradungula carraiensis Forster & Gray, 1979; gender feminine

Progradungula barringtonensis Michalik & Smith, 2024 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060273

Progradungula barringtonensis Michalik & Smith in Michalik et al., 2024: 75, f. 1c, 2a-c, 3a-c, 4a-d, 5a (Dm) Original description

Progradungula carraiensis Forster & Gray, 1979 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002542

Progradungula carraiensis Forster & Gray, 1979: 1053, f. 1-2, 5, 7-9, 12-13, 17-19, 21-22, 26-27, 33-37, 39, 49-55, 61-65 (Df) Original description

Progradungula carraiensis Gray, 1983c: 51, f. 1-15 (Dm)

Progradungula carraiensis Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 84, f. 169, 184-185, 198, 281, 294-303, 330 (mf)

Progradungula otwayensis Milledge, 1997 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002543

Progradungula otwayensis Milledge, 1997: 65, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Progradungula otwayensis Michalik et al., 2013: 104, f. 3A-I, 4A-E, 5A-C (m, Df)

Gen. Spelungula Forster, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00307

type Spelungula cavernicola Forster, 1987; gender feminine

Spelungula cavernicola Forster, 1987 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002544

Spelungula cavernicola Forster in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 64, f. 174, 191, 202, 205, 222-230, 381 (Dmf) Original description

Spelungula cavernicola Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 29, f. 7.6 (m)

Spelungula cavernicola Michalik et al., 2026: 19, f. 12a-c, 13 (m)

Gen. Tarlina Gray, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00308

type Tarlina noorundi Gray, 1987; gender feminine

Tarlina daviesae Gray, 1987 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002545

Tarlina daviesae Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 73, f. 239-240, 245, 398 (Dm) Original description

Tarlina milledgei Gray, 1987 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002546

Tarlina milledgei Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 70, f. 248-251, 400 (Dmf) Original description

Tarlina noorundi Gray, 1987 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002547

Tarlina noorundi Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 67, f. 167-168, 189, 215-216, 231-236, 241-243, 264-266, 397 (Dmf) Original description

Tarlina simipes Gray, 1987 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002548

Tarlina simipes Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 64, f. 252-254 (Dmf) Original description

Tarlina smithersi Gray, 1987 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002549

Tarlina smithersi Gray in Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 72, f. 255-257, 395-396 (Dm) Original description

Tarlina woodwardi (Forster, 1955) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002550

Gradungula woodwardi Forster, 1955a: 282, f. 2d-g (Dj) Original description

Gradungula woodwardi Davies, 1969: 95, f. 1-12 (Dmf)

Tarlina woodwardi Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 71, f. 209-210, 237-238, 244, 399 (Tmf from Gradungula)