''Battalus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Australia
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corinnid sac spiders first described by
Ferdinand Karsch
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch or Karsch-Haack (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist.
The son of a doctor, Karsch was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Univers ...
in 1878.
Originally placed with the
ground spider
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
s, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2015.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
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Battalus adamparsonsi''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
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Battalus baehrae''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia)
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Battalus bidgemia''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
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Battalus boolathana''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia)
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Battalus byrneae''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Tasmania)
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Battalus diadens''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
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Battalus helenstarkae''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia)
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Battalus microspinosus''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
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Battalus rugosus
''Battalus'' is a genus of Australian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878. Originally placed with the ground spider
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described ...
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Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
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Battalus semiflavus''
(Simon, 1896) — Australia (Queensland)
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Battalus spinipes''
Karsch, 1878 — Australia (Queensland)
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Battalus wallum''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Battalus zuytdorp''
Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia)
References
Araneomorphae genera
Corinnidae
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