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Irileka

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Irileka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Irileka
Hirst, 1998[1]
Species:
I. iridescens
Binomial name
Irileka iridescens
Hirst, 1998

Irileka is a monotypic genus of Western Australian huntsman spiders containing the single species, Irileka iridescens. It was first described by D. B. Hirst in 1998,[2] and is found in Western Australia.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Irileka Hirst, 1998". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Hirst, D. B. (1998). "Irilika, a new heteropodine genus (Araneae: Heteropodidae) from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 19: 141–144.