Chenistonia is a genus of spiders in the family Anamidae. It was first described in 1901 by Henry Roughton Hogg. As of 2020[update], it contains 8 species, all from Australia.[1]
| Chenistonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Chenistonia Hogg, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chenistonia maculata | |
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8, see text | |
Species
editChenistonia comprises 8 species:[1]
- Chenistonia boranup Main, 2012 — Australia (Western Australia)
- Chenistonia caeruleomontana (Raven, 1984) — Australia (New South Wales)
- Chenistonia earthwatchorum (Raven, 1984) — Australia (Queensland)
- Chenistonia hickmani (Raven, 1984) — Australia (New South Wales)
- Chenistonia maculata Hogg, 1901 — Australia (Victoria)
- Chenistonia montana (Raven, 1984) — Australia (New South Wales)
- Chenistonia trevallynia Hickman, 1926 — Australia (Tasmania)
- Chenistonia tropica (Raven, 1984) — Australia (Queensland)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Chenistonia". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-07-10.