Boolathana

Boolathana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Opisthothelae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trochanteriidae
Genus: Boolathana
Platnick, 2002
Species

Boolathana is a genus of spiders in the Trochanteriidae family found in western Australia. There are two species in the genus, Boolathana mainae and Boolathana spiralis.[1] It is named after Boolathana Station, a pastoral lease near where the first specimen was found.[2]

References

  1. "Gen. Boolathana Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. Platnick, N.I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 193–199.
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