Pediana is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[2]
| Pediana | |
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| Pediana regina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Pediana Simon, 1880[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. regina (L. Koch, 1875)
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| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Species
editAs of September 2022[update] it contains nine species, found in Australia and on Java:[1]
- Pediana horni (Hogg, 1896) – Australia
- Pediana longbottomi Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Pediana mainae Hirst, 1995 – Australia (Northern Territory)
- Pediana occidentalis Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
- Pediana paradoxa Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia)
- Pediana regina (L. Koch, 1875) (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
- Pediana temmei Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia)
- Pediana tenuis Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
- Pediana webberae Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Northern Territory)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Pediana Simon, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Simon, E. (1880). "Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides)". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 34: 223–351.