''Delena'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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huntsman spiders that was first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...
in 1837.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in
New Zealand
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and
Australia
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:
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Delena cancerides''
Walckenaer, 1837 (
type
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) –
Australia
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,
Tasmania
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,
New Zealand
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*''
Delena convexa''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (
Western Australia
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)
*''
Delena craboides''
Walckenaer, 1837 – Australia
*''
Delena gloriosa''
(Rainbow, 1917) – Australia (
South Australia
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)
*''
Delena kosciuskoensis''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (
New South Wales
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)
*''
Delena lapidicola''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia)
*''
Delena loftiensis''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (South Australia)
*''
Delena melanochelis''
(Strand
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, 1913) – Australia (
Victoria
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)
*''
Delena nigrifrons''
(Simon
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, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
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Delena spenceri''
( Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Tasmania, King Is.)
*''
Delena tasmaniensis''
(Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Tasmania)
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
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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