''Bengalla'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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 n ...

of Australian wandering spiders containing the single species, ''Bengalla bertmaini''. It was first described by Michael R. Gray & J. A. Thompson in 2001, and has only been found in Australia. It was originally assigned to the superfamily "Lycosoidea", but not to any actual family. In 2003, it was tentatively moved to the

Ctenidae Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are hig ...

because of its apparent relationship to ''

Janusia ''Janusia'' is a monotypic genus of Australian wandering spiders containing the single species, ''Janusia muiri''. It was first described by Michael R. Gray in 1973, and has only been found in Australia. Originally placed with the Miturgidae M ...

'', another Australian monotypic genus of wandering spiders.

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Ctenidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia {{Ctenidae-stub