Pediana

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Pediana is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Pediana
Pediana regina
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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)
Species

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Species

As of September 2022 it contains nine species, endemic entirely to Australia.[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)

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