Barahna Explained

Barahna is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 2003.^[1] The name is derived from baran-barahn, the Bundjalung word for "spider". Originally placed with the Stiphidiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders after the results of a 2017 genetic study.^[2]

Species

it contains eight species, found in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland:^[3]

• Barahna booloumba Davies, 2003 (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Barahna brooyar Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland)
• Barahna glenelg Davies, 2003 – Australia (Victoria)
• Barahna myall Davies, 2003 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Barahna scoria Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland)
• Barahna taroom Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland)
• Barahna toonumbar Davies, 2003 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Barahna yeppoon Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

See also

• List of Desidae species

Notes and References

1. Davies. V. T.. 2003. Barahna, a new spider genus from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 237–250. 49.
2. Wheeler. W. C.. etal. 2017. The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics. 33. 6. 606. 10.1111/cla.12182. 34724759. 35535038.
3. Gen. Barahna Davies, 2003. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.