Black house spider

Black house spider
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Badumna
Species:
B. insignis
Binomial name
Badumna insignis
Synonyms[1]
  • Amaurobius insignis L. Koch, 1872
  • Amaurobius robustus L. Koch, 1872
  • Amaurobius praecalvus Simon, 1906
  • Amaurobius australiensis Strand, 1913
  • Ixeuticus robustus (L. Koch, 1872)
  • Badumna robusta (L. Koch, 1872)

The black house spider or common black spider (Badumna insignis) is a common species of cribellate Australian spider, introduced to New Zealand and Japan. A closely related species, Badumna longinqua, the grey house spider, has a similar distribution, but has also been introduced to the Americas.[2]

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch described Badumna insignis in 1872.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference WSC_s8693 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Taxon details Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 15 September 2017