Badumna

Badumna
Badumna longinqua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Badumna
Thorell, 1890[1]
Type species
B. hirsuta
Thorell, 1890
Species

16, see text

Synonyms[1]

Badumna is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890.[5] They are harmless spiders that can be found around human structures and buildings. The most well-known species is B. insignis, also known as the "black house spider" or "black window spider".[6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 215–228.
  3. ^ Marples, R. R. (1959). "The dictynid spiders of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 87: 335.
  4. ^ Gray, M. R. (1983). "The taxonomy of the semi-communal spiders commonly referred to the species Ixeuticus candidus (L. Koch) with notes on the genera Phryganoporus, Ixeuticus and Badumna (Araneae, Amaurobioidea)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 106: 249.
  5. ^ Thorell, T. (1890). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 28: 5–421.
  6. ^ "Desis - Long-jawed intertidal spiders or lace web spiders". Spiders of Australia. 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2019-04-13.