''Celaenia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

in 1868.

Species

it contains eleven species: *'' Celaenia atkinsoni'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand *'' Celaenia calotoides'' Rainbow, 1908 – Australia (New South Wales) *'' Celaenia distincta'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania) *'' Celaenia dubia'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Celaenia excavata'' (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia, New Zealand *'' Celaenia hectori'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – New Zealand *'' Celaenia olivacea'' (Urquhart, 1885) – New Zealand *'' Celaenia penna'' (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand *'' Celaenia tuberosa'' (Urquhart, 1889) – New Zealand *'' Celaenia tumidosa'' Urquhart, 1891 – Australia (Tasmania) *'' Celaenia voraginosa'' Urquhart, 1891 – Australia (Tasmania)

References

Araneidae Spiders of Australia Spiders of New Zealand Araneidae genera Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell {{Araneidae-stub