Battalus
| Battalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Battalus Karsch, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. spinipes Karsch, 1878 | |
| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Battalus is a genus of Australian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.[2] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2015.[3]
Species
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains thirteen species:[1]
- Battalus adamparsonsi Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
- Battalus baehrae Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia)
- Battalus bidgemia Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
- Battalus boolathana Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia)
- Battalus byrneae Raven, 2015 — Australia (Tasmania)
- Battalus diadens Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
- Battalus helenstarkae Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia)
- Battalus microspinosus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
- Battalus rugosus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
- Battalus semiflavus (Simon, 1896) — Australia (Queensland)
- Battalus spinipes Karsch, 1878 — Australia (Queensland)
- Battalus wallum Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Battalus zuytdorp Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Battalus Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (2015). "A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific". Zootaxa. 3958 (1): 38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1. PMID 26249225.