''Delena'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant and scientist.
Biography
Walckenaer was born in Paris and studied at the universities of University of Oxford, Oxford and University of Glasgow ...
in 1837.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in
New Zealand
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and
Australia
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:
*''
Delena cancerides
''Delena cancerides'', the communal huntsman, flat huntsman or social huntsman, is a large, brown huntsman spider native to Australia. It has been introduced to New Zealand, where it is sometimes known as the Avondale spider. This was the speci ...
''
Walckenaer, 1837 (
type) –
Australia
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,
Tasmania
)
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,
New Zealand
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*''
Delena convexa''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (
Western Australia
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)
*''
Delena craboides''
Walckenaer, 1837 – Australia
*''
Delena gloriosa''
(Rainbow, 1917) – Australia (
South Australia
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)
*''
Delena kosciuskoensis
''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) †...
''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (
New South Wales
)
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)
*''
Delena lapidicola
''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) †...
''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia)
*''
Delena loftiensis
''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) †...
''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (South Australia)
*''
Delena melanochelis
''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) †...
''
(Strand
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* Strand Street, ...
, 1913) – Australia (
Victoria
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)
*''
Delena nigrifrons''
(Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
*''
Delena spenceri''
( Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Tasmania, King Is.)
*''
Delena tasmaniensis''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Tasmania)
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
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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