''Baiami'' is a

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Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal ...

intertidal spiders that was first described by

Pekka T. Lehtinen Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnologist and taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated. Biography Lehtinen was born on 5 April 1934 in a small village, Pargas, ...

in 1967. Originally placed with the

Stiphidiidae Stiphidiidae, also called sheetweb spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described in 1917. Most species are medium size (''Stiphidion facetum'' is about long) and speckled brown with long legs. All members of this family occur in ...

, it was transferred to the

Desidae Desidae is a family of spiders, some of which are known as intertidal spiders. The family is named for the genus '' Desis'', members of which live in a very unusual location — between the tides. The family has been reevaluated in recent years an ...

after the results of a 2019 genetic analysis.

Species

it contains nine species, found in

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, Victoria, and

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: *'' Baiami brockmani'' Gray, 1981 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Baiami glenelgi'' Gray, 1981 – Australia ( Victoria) *'' Baiami loftyensis'' Gray, 1981 – Australia (

) *'' Baiami montana'' Gray, 1981 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Baiami stirlingi'' Gray, 1981 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Baiami storeniformis'' (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Baiami tegenarioides'' (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Baiami torbayensis'' Gray, 1981 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Baiami volucripes'' (Simon, 1908) (

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) – Australia (Western Australia) ''B. longipes'' and ''B. magnus'' were transferred to ''

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'', and ''B. mullamullangensis'' was transferred to ''

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''.

References

Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References