Birabenella is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 2010 by Grismado.[1]
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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: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Birabenella Grismado, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Birabenella homonota Grismado, 2010
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Species
editAs of September 2022[update] it contains seven species, found in South America:[2]
- Birabenella argentina (Birabén, 1955) – Argentina
- Birabenella chincha Piacentini, Grismado & Ramírez, 2017 – Peru
- Birabenella elqui Grismado, 2010 – Chile
- Birabenella homonota Grismado, 2010 (type) – Chile
- Birabenella kamanchaca Piacentini, Grismado & Ramírez, 2017 – Chile
- Birabenella pizarroi Grismado, 2010 – Chile
- Birabenella portai Piacentini, Grismado & Ramírez, 2017 – Argentina
References
edit- ^ Grismado, Cristian J. (2010). "Description of Birabenella, a New Genus of Goblin Spiders from Argentina and Chile (Araneae: Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates. 3693: 1–21. doi:10.1206/3693.2.
- ^ "Gen. Birabenella Grismado, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 11 September 2022.