''Chenistonia'' is a genus of spiders in the family

Anamidae Anamidae is a family of Australian mygalomorph spiders. It was first described as a tribe by Simon in 1889, then raised to the subfamily Anaminae of the family Nemesiidae, before being raised to a family level by Opatova et al. in 2020. Taxonomy ...

. It was first described in 1901 by

Henry Roughton Hogg Henry Roughton Hogg (9 February 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British amateur arachnologist and businessman who lived in both Australia and Britain. Hogg emigrated to Australia in December 1873 and co-founded a mercantile and shipping agency ...

. , it contains 8 species, all from Australia.

Species

''Chenistonia'' comprises 8 species: *''

Chenistonia boranup ''Chenistonia boranup'' is a species of Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae Family (biology), family. It is endemism, endemic to Australia. It was species description, described in 2012 by Australian arachnology, arachnologist Barb ...

'' Main, 2012 — Australia (Western Australia) *''

Chenistonia caeruleomontana ''Chenistonia caeruleomontana'' is a ground spider (family Anamidae), found in New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of : ...

'' (Raven, 1984) — Australia (New South Wales) *'' Chenistonia earthwatchorum'' (Raven, 1984) — Australia (Queensland) *'' Chenistonia hickmani'' (Raven, 1984) — Australia (New South Wales) *'' Chenistonia maculata'' Hogg, 1901 — Australia (Victoria) *'' Chenistonia montana'' (Raven, 1984) — Australia (New South Wales) *'' Chenistonia trevallynia'' Hickman, 1926 — Australia (Tasmania) *'' Chenistonia tropica'' (Raven, 1984) — Australia (Queensland)

References

Anamidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Henry Roughton Hogg {{Anamidae-stub