Badumna
Genus of spiders
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| name = | image = Badumna longinqua-Grey house spider (NZAC06001348).jpg | image_caption = Badumna longinqua | image2 = Badumna longinqua 15950640.jpg | image2_caption = B. longinqua | taxon = Badumna | authority = Thorell, 1890 | type_species = B. hirsuta | type_species_authority = Thorell, 1890 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 15, see text | synonyms = *Aphyctoschaema Simon, 1902
Badumna is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. They are harmless spiders that can be found around human structures and buildings. The most well-known species is B. insignis, also known as the "black house spider" or "black window spider".
Description
They are medium to large cribellate spiders. The carapace is pale brown to a darker brown in color, with long or small brown hairs being found besides smaller white hairs. The opisthosoma has a dark striping or spotting.
Distribution
Most of the species are considered to be endemic in the Indo-Australian region, but some have been introduced elsewhere. B. longinqua is the only species introduced to North America, now found in urban areas along California's Pacific coast. B. insignis has also been found in Japan, though it is thought it was introduced.
Species
, this genus includes fifteen species:
- Badumna arguta (Simon, 1906) – Australia (Queensland)
- Badumna bimetallica (Hogg, 1896) – Australia (Northern Territory)
- Badumna exilis Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Java)
- Badumna guttipes (Simon, 1906) – Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
- Badumna hirsuta Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Java) (type species)
- Badumna hygrophila (Simon, 1902) – Australia (Queensland)
- Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia. Introduced to Japan, New Zealand
- Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia. Introduced to New Zealand, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa, Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Japan
- Badumna maculata (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland)
- Badumna microps (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Badumna pilosa (Hogg, 1900) – Australia (Victoria)
- Badumna scalaris (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, central Australia)
- Badumna senilella (Strand, 1907) – Australia
- Badumna socialis (Rainbow, 1905) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Badumna tangae Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006 – China
References
References
- "Genus Badumna". World Spider Catalog.
- (2006). "Discovery of the spider family Desidae (Araneae) in South China, with description of a new species of the genus Badumna Thorell, 1890". Zootaxa.
- "Genus Badumna". BugGuide.
- Gray, M. R.. (1983). "The taxonomy of the semi-communal spiders commonly referred to the species Ixeuticus candidus (L. Koch) with notes on the genera Phryganoporus, Ixeuticus and Badumna (Araneae, Amaurobioidea)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.
- Lehtinen, P. T.. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici.
- Marples, R. R.. (1959). "The dictynid spiders of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
- (2006-12-20). "Desis - Long-jawed intertidal spiders or lace web spiders". Spiders of Australia.
- Thorell, T.. (1890). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1.". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.
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