Delena

Delena
Delena cancerides (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Subfamily: Deleninae
Genus: Delena
Type species
Delena cancerides
Species
Diversity[1]
4 species

Delena is a small genus of huntsman spiders occurring in Australia and New Zealand.[1] The genus was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[1]

Species

According to The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5:[1]

  • Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 — Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
  • Delena craboides Walckenaer, 1837 — Australia
  • Delena gloriosa Rainbow, 1917 — South Australia
  • Delena nigrifrons Simon, 1908 — Western Australia

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 22 April 2012.


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