Banaidja Explained

Banaidja is a monotypic genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Banaidja bifasciata. It was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967,^[1] and has only been found in Samoa.^[2] The type species was transferred from Dictyna in 1929, retaining the original species name.

Notes and References

1. 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. 199–468. 4.
2. Gen. Banaidja Lehtinen, 1967. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-01. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.