Australian Museum Journal A review of the filistatid spiders (Araneae: Filistatidae) of Australia
- Shortform:
- Gray, 1994, Rec. Aust. Mus. 46(1): 39–61
- Author(s):
- Gray, Michael R.
- Year published:
- 1994
- Title:
- A review of the filistatid spiders (Araneae: Filistatidae) of Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 39
- End page:
- 61
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.17
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 19 May 1994
- Cover date:
- 19 May 1994
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ARACHNIDA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 02 February 2009
- Available online:
- 27 February 2009
- Reference number:
- 17
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (95kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (7088kb PDF)
Abstract
Two new genera of filistatid spiders from Australia are described. Wandella n.gen. is widely distributed in mainland Australia and includes eleven species: Wandella barbarella n.sp. (type species), W. australiensis (L. Koch, 1873) n.comb., W. orana n.sp., W. murrayensis n.sp., W. stuartensis n.sp., W. centralis n.sp., W. parnabyi n.sp., W. alinjarra n.sp., W. waldockae n.sp., W. pallida n.sp., W. diamentina n.sp. Yardiella n.gen. is a monotypic genus for Yardiella humphreysi, currently known only from North-West Cape Peninsula. The affinities of these genera with Pritha Lehtinen, and Indo-Pacific and Indian filistatid spider faunas are noted.