Boolathana
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Trachycosmidae |
Genus: | Boolathana Platnick, 2002 |
Species | |
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Boolathana is a genus of spiders in the family Trachycosmidae found in western Australia. There are two species in the genus, Boolathana mainae and Boolathana spiralis.[1] It is named after Boolathana Station, a pastoral lease near where the first specimen was found.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gen. Boolathana Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ^ Platnick, N.I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 193–199. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86321070.