| Delena | |
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| Delena cancerides (female) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Delena Walckenaer, 1837 |
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| D. cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 | |
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Delena is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Species
As of September 2019 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)
See also
References
- ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Delena Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- Agnarsson, I.; Rayor, L. S. (2013). "A molecular phylogeny of the Australian huntsman spiders (Sparassidae, Deleninae): implications for taxonomy and social behaviour". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 902. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.015. PMID 23831456.
- Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris 1. pp. 1–682. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095.
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