Boolathana

Boolathana is a genus of spiders in the family Trachycosmidae 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]

Boolathana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachycosmidae
Genus: Boolathana
Platnick, 2002
Species

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. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86321070.


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