Barahna

Barahna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Desidae
Genus:Barahna
Davies, 2003[1][2]
Type species
Barahna booloumba
Davies, 2003
Species

8, see text

Barahna is a genus of spiders in the Desidae family. It was first circumscribed in 2003 by Valerie Todd Davies. As of 2017, it contains 8 Australian species, all described by Davies in 2003.[1]

The generic name's etymology comes from the Bundjalung word for "spider": baran-barahn.[2]

Species

Barahna comprises the following species:[1][2]

  • Barahna booloumba Davies, 2003
  • Barahna brooyar Davies, 2003
  • Barahna glenelg Davies, 2003
  • Barahna myall Davies, 2003
  • Barahna scoria Davies, 2003
  • Barahna taroom Davies, 2003
  • Barahna toonumbar Davies, 2003
  • Barahna yeppoon Davies, 2003

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Desidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. 1 2 3 Davies, Valerie Todd (2003). "Barahna, a New Spider Genus from Eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 49 (1): 237–250.


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