Teranodes Explained

Teranodes is a genus of Australian funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven in 1985.[1] it contains only two species: T. montanus and T. otwayensis.[2] It was originally given the name "Terania",[3] but it was later changed to "Teranodes" when it was discovered that the name was already in use for a genus of shield bugs.

Notes and References

  1. Raven. R. J.. 1985. The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–180. 182. Robert_Raven.
  2. Gen. Teranodes Raven, 1985. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-11. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
  3. Raven. R. J.. 1980. The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata). Journal of Arachnology. 8. 253. Robert_Raven.

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