David Hirst (arachnologist)
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David Hirst (arachnologist)
David B. Hirst is an arachnologist previously based at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. He left the Museum on 22 February 2011. He has described more than 40 species and genera in the huntsman spider family, Sparassidae, and was regularly called on by New Zealand authorities to identify huntsman spiders that entered their country. Hirst's work includes revision of many Sparassid genera including Delena, Holconia, Isopeda, Isopedella, Keilira, Pediana, Rhacocnemis, Thomasettia and Typostola. Hirst has been a consultant in cases where spiders were said to have been found in bottles of wine from South Australia. The finders of the spiders were from the United Kingdom. In some cases he was able to rule out the bottles as the source of the spider because the specimens presented were not found in Australia. He however found a ''Clubiona ''Clubiona'' is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. Species the genus contains 493 sp ...
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Arachnology
Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of spiders alone ( order Araneae) is known as araneology. The word "arachnology" derives from Greek , ''arachnē'', "spider"; and , ''-logia'', "the study of a particular subject". Arachnology as a science Arachnologists are primarily responsible for classifying arachnids and studying aspects of their biology. In the popular imagination, they are sometimes referred to as spider experts. Disciplines within arachnology include naming species and determining their evolutionary relationships to one another (taxonomy and systematics), studying how they interact with other members of their species and/or their environment (behavioural ecology), or how they are distributed in different regions and habitats (faunistics). Other arachnologists perform ...
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Holconia
''Holconia'' is a genus of Southern Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Dahls Thorell in 1877. It was branched from ''Isopeda'' in 1990. List of species , it contains nine species that are found widespread in Western Australia: *'' Holconia colberti'' Hirst, 1991 – Australia (Victoria), Colbert's huntsman *'' Holconia flindersi'' Hirst, 1991 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales), Flinders's banded huntsman *'' Holconia hirsuta'' ( Ludwig Koch, 1875) – Australia (Queensland), northern banded huntsman *''Holconia immanis'' (Ludwig Koch, 1867) – Australia, banded huntsman *'' Holconia insignis'' (T. D. Thorell, 1870) ( type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), giant huntsman *'' Holconia murrayensis'' Hirst, 1991 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales), Murray banded huntsman *'' Holconia neglecta'' Hirst, 1991 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory), Neglecta's banded buntsman *' ...
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Australian Arachnologists
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Clubiona
''Clubiona'' is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. Species the genus contains 493 species and seven subspecies. These species and subspecies are found in Oceania, Africa, North America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, South America, Panama, and on Saint Helena: *'' C. abbajensis'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, Somalia, Central, East Africa **'' Clubiona a. karisimbiensis'' Strand, 1916 – East Africa **'' Clubiona a. kibonotensis'' Lessert, 1921 – East Africa **'' Clubiona a. maxima'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, East Africa *'' C. abboti'' L. Koch, 1866 – USA, Canada **'' Clubiona a. abbotoides'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1946 – USA *'' C. aberrans'' Dankittipakul, 2012 – Thailand *'' C. abnormis'' Dankittipakul, 2008 – Thailand, Laos *'' C. acanthocnemis'' Simon, 1906 – India *'' C. achilles'' Hogg, 1896 – Australia (Central) *'' C. acies'' Nicolet, 1849 – Chile *'' C. aciformis'' Zhang & Hu, 1991 – China *'' C. acule ...
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Typostola
''Typostola'' is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. Species it contains four species, found in Papua New Guinea and Australia: *'' Typostola barbata'' (L. Koch, 1875) ( type) – Australia (Queensland) *'' Typostola heterochroma'' Hirst, 1999 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *'' Typostola pilbara'' Hirst, 1999 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Typostola tari'' Hirst, 1999 – New Guinea See also * List of Sparassidae species This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Sparassidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1383 species in 96 genera: * '' † Sparassidae sp.'' Wunderlich, 2008c — Palaeogen Baltic amber A ''Adcatomus'' '' Adcatomu ... References Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia {{Sparassidae-stub ...
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Thomasettia
''Thomasettia'' a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae, with a single species, ''Thomasettia seychellana'', first described in 1911. It has not been found since, and has been declared extinct. It was endemic to Mahe Island and Silhouette Island in the Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V .... References Endemic fauna of Seychelles Sparassidae Extinct arachnids Extinct invertebrates since 1500 Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa {{sparassidae-stub ...
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Rhacocnemis
''Rhacocnemis'' is a monotypic genus of Seychelloise huntsman spiders containing the single species, ''Rhacocnemis guttatus''. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897, and is endemic to the Seychelles. See also * List of Sparassidae species This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Sparassidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1383 species in 96 genera: * '' † Sparassidae sp.'' Wunderlich, 2008c — Palaeogen Baltic amber A ''Adcatomus'' '' Adcatomu ... References Arthropods of Seychelles Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Africa {{Sparassidae-stub ...
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Pediana
''Pediana'' is a genus of Sparassidae, huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. Species it contains nine species, found in Australia and on Java: *''Pediana horni'' (Henry Roughton Hogg, Hogg, 1896) – Australia *''Pediana longbottomi'' Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Western Australia) *''Pediana mainae'' Hirst, 1995 – Australia (Northern Territory) *''Pediana occidentalis'' Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *''Pediana paradoxa'' Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia) *''Pediana regina'' (L. Koch, 1875) (Type_species, type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales) *''Pediana temmei'' Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia) *''Pediana tenuis'' Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *''Pediana webberae'' Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Northern Territory) See also * List of Sparassidae species References

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Keilira
''Keilira'' is a genus of Australian huntsman spiders that was first described by D. B. Hirst in 1989. it contains two species, found in South Australia and Victoria: '' K. sokoli'' and '' K. sparsomaculata''. See also * List of Sparassidae species This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Sparassidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1383 species in 96 genera: * '' † Sparassidae sp.'' Wunderlich, 2008c — Palaeogen Baltic amber A ''Adcatomus'' '' Adcatomu ... References Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Australia {{Sparassidae-stub ...
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Isopedella
''Isopedella'' is a genus of Sparassidae, huntsman spiders that was first described by D. B. Hirst in 1990. Species it contains eighteen species, all from Australia except for ''Isopedella terangana'', found on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia: *''Isopedella ambathala'' Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Queensland, South Australia) *''Isopedella cana'' (Eugène Simon, Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *''Isopedella castanea'' Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Western Australia) *''Isopedella cerina'' Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Queensland) *''Isopedella cerussata'' (Simon, 1908) – Australia *''Isopedella conspersa'' (Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, L. Koch, 1875) – Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory) *''Isopedella flavida'' (L. Koch, 1875) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *''Isopedella frenchi'' (Henry Roughton Hogg, Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Victoria_(Australia), Victoria, South Australia) *''Isopedella gibsandi'' Hirst, 1993 – Australia ( ...
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Isopeda
''Isopeda'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Species it contains nineteen species and one subspecies, found in Papua New Guinea, Australia, the Philippines, and on New Caledonia: *'' Isopeda alpina'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Isopeda binnaburra'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Isopeda brachyseta'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales) *'' Isopeda canberrana'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Isopeda catmona'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' Isopeda deianira'' ( Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea *'' Isopeda echuca'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Isopeda girraween'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Isopeda leishmanni'' Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria) **'' Isopeda l. hoggi'' Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Isopeda magna'' Hirst, 1992 – Austr ...
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Delena
''Delena'' is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. Species it contains eleven species, found in New Zealand and Australia: *''Delena cancerides'' Walckenaer, 1837 ( type) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand *'' Delena convexa'' (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Delena craboides'' Walckenaer, 1837 – Australia *'' Delena gloriosa'' (Rainbow, 1917) – Australia (South Australia) *'' Delena kosciuskoensis'' (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' Delena lapidicola'' (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Delena loftiensis'' (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (South Australia) *'' Delena melanochelis'' (Strand, 1913) – Australia (Victoria) *'' Delena nigrifrons'' (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Delena spenceri'' ( Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Tasmania, King Is.) *'' Delena tasmaniensis'' (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Tasmania) See also * List of Sparassidae ...
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