Yiinthi

Yiinthi is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 1994.[2] Y. lycodes was transferred from Heteropoda.[2]

Yiinthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Yiinthi
Davies, 1994[1]
Type species
Y. spathula
Davies, 1994
Species

8, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains eight species, found in Papua New Guinea and Australia:[1]

  • Yiinthi anzsesorum Davies, 1994Australia (Queensland)
  • Yiinthi chillagoe Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Yiinthi gallonae Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Yiinthi kakadu Davies, 1994 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
  • Yiinthi lycodes (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
  • Yiinthi molloyensis Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Yiinthi spathula Davies, 1994 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Yiinthi torresiana Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Yiinthi Davies, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Davies, V. T. (1994). "The huntsman spiders Heteropoda Latreille and Yiinthi gen. nov. (Araneae: Heteropodidae) in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 75–122.


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