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Barahna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Barahna
Davies, 2003[1][2]
Type species
Barahna booloumba
Davies, 2003
Species

8, see text

Barahna is a genus of spiders in the Desidae family. It was first circumscribed in 2003 by Valerie Todd Davies. As of 2017, it contains 8 Australian species, all described by Davies in 2003.[1]

The generic name's etymology comes from the Bundjalung word for "spider": baran-barahn.[2]

Species

Barahna comprises the following species:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Desidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. ^ a b c Davies, Valerie Todd (2003). "Barahna, a New Spider Genus from Eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 49 (1): 237–250.