''Bymainiella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
Australian
funnel-web spiders that was first described by
R. J. Raven in 1978.
This genus is named in honour of the Australian arachnologist
Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main, Australia's spider woman and Wheatbelt advocate, author and poet dies"''Off Track'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Published May 23, 2019. Acces ...
.
Species
it contains four species:
*''
Bymainiella lugubris''
Raven, 1978 – Australia (New South Wales)
*''
Bymainiella monteithi''
Raven, 1978 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
*''
Bymainiella polesoni''
Raven, 1978 – Australia (New South Wales)
*''
Bymainiella terraereginae''
(Raven, 1976) (
type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
References
Hexathelidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
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