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Delena

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Delena is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Delena is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Sparassidae, Charles Athanase Walckenaer and Australia.

Vinony files it under Sparassidae genera, Spiders of Australia and Spiders of New Zealand.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySparassidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
464
With media
1
Family
Sparassidae
Collections
NMV, AM, QM, QVMAG, SAMA, WAM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Sparassidae
Image
Delena-cancerides-huntsman-spider.jpg
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Commons category
Delena
taxon name
Delena
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Delena
taxon author citation
Walckenaer, 1833
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Encyclopedic overview

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Delena is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

==Species== it contains eleven species, found in New Zealand and Australia: Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 (type) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand Delena convexa (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia) Delena craboides Walckenaer, 1837 – Australia Delena gloriosa (Rainbow, 1917) – Australia (South Australia) Delena kosciuskoensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (New South Wales) Delena lapidicola (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia) Delena loftiensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (South Australia) Delena melanochelis (Strand, 1913) – Australia (Victoria) Delena nigrifrons (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia) Delena spenceri (Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Tasmania, King Is.) Delena tasmaniensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Tasmania)

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