Bengalla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Ctenidae |
Genus: | Bengalla Gray & Thompson, 2001[1] |
Species: | B. bertmaini
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Binomial name | |
Bengalla bertmaini Gray & Thompson, 2001
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Bengalla is a monotypic genus of Australian wandering spiders containing the single species, Bengalla bertmaini. It was first described by Michael R. Gray & Judith A. Thompson in 2001,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1] It was originally assigned to the superfamily "Lycosoidea", but not to any actual family.[2] In 2003, it was tentatively moved to the Ctenidae because of its apparent relationship to Janusia, another Australian monotypic genus of wandering spiders.[3]