''Beregama'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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huntsman spiders. It was first introduced by D. B. Hirst in 1990 by splitting off four species of genus''
Isopeda''.
Species
it contains four species, found in
Papua New Guinea
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and
Australia
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:
*''
Beregama aurea''
(L. Koch, 1875) (golden huntsman) –
Australia
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(
Queensland
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,
New South Wales
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)
*''
Beregama cordata
''Beregama cordata'', sometimes called the fire-back huntsman, is a species of spider endemic to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It is a member of the genus '' Beregama'' of huntsman spiders.
Description
This spider was identified ...
''
(L. Koch, 1875) (fire-back huntsman) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
*''
Beregama goliath''
( Chrysanthus, 1965) – New Guinea
*''
Beregama herculea''
( Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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
Sparassidae genera
Spiders of Australia
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