Pediana Explained

Pediana is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species, found in Australia and on Java:^[2]

• Pediana horni (Hogg, 1896) – Australia
• Pediana longbottomi Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Pediana mainae Hirst, 1995 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Pediana occidentalis Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Pediana paradoxa Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia)
• Pediana regina (L. Koch, 1875) (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
• Pediana temmei Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia)
• Pediana tenuis Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Pediana webberae Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Northern Territory)

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1880. Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 223–351. 34. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Pediana Simon, 1880. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.