Category
page 1Taxa named by Valerie Todd Davies
Malkaridae
Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980. In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.
Tanganoides
Tanganoides is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 2005.
Teeatta
Teeatta is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Macrobunidae first described by V. T. Davies in 2005. it contains only three species.
Buyina
Buyina is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 1998. it contains only two species.
Penaoola
Penaoola is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 1998. it contains only two species.
Tasmabrochus
Tasmabrochus is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Macrobunidae first described by V. T. Davies in 2002. it contains only three species.
Cunnawarra
Cunnawarra is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 1998. it contains only two species.
Midgee
Midgee is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, first described by V. T. Davies in 1995.
Tasmarubrius
Tasmarubrius is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Macrobunidae first described by V. T. Davies in 1998.
Dardurus
Dardurus is a genus of Australian tangled nest spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 1976.
Barahna
Barahna is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Desidae (intertidal spiders) that was first described by V. T. Davies in 2003. The name is derived from baran-barahn, the Bundjalung word for "spider". Originally placed with the Stiphidiidae, it was moved to the Desidae after the results of a 2017 genetic study.
Wabarra
Wabarra is a genus of Australian tangled nest spiders in Queensland first described by V. T. Davies in 1996. it contains only two species.

Yiinthi
Yiinthi is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 1994. Y. lycodes was transferred from Heteropoda.
Carbinea
Carbinea is a genus of Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 1999.
Manjala
Manjala is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 1990. it contains only three species.
Kababina
Kababina is a genus of Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 1995.
Wabua
Wabua is a genus of Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies & C. L. Lambkin in 2000.
Inola
Inola is a genus of Australian nursery web spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 1982.

Malkara loricata
species of arachnid
Malarina
Malarina is a genus of Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies & C. L. Lambkin in 2000.
Magua wiangaree
species of arachnid
Pitonga woolowa
species of arachnid
Bakala episinoides
species of arachnid
Jamara
Jamara is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, containing the single species, Jamara pisinna. It was first described by V. T. Davies in 1995, and has only been found in Australia.
Teemenaarus
Teemenaarus is a monotypic genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae containing the single species, Teemenaarus silvestris. It was first described by V. T. Davies in 1978, and has only been found in Australia.
Jalkaraburra
Jalkaraburra is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders containing the single species, Jalkaraburra alta. It was first described by V. T. Davies in 1998, and has only been found in Australia.
Keera
Keera is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders containing the single species, Keera longipalpis. It was first described by V. T. Davies in 1998, and has only been found in Australia.