''Baiami'' is a

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

n intertidal spiders that was first described by

Pekka T. Lehtinen Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), 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 ...

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 inhabit the intertidal zone. The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland gen ...

after the results of a 2019 genetic analysis.

Species

it contains nine species, found in

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

, and

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

: *'' Baiami brockmani'' Gray, 1981 –

(Western

) *'' Baiami glenelgi'' Gray, 1981 – Australia (

) *'' 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 ''

Canala Canala () is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from ...

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

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''.

References

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

Species

See also

References