Delena
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{About|the genus of spiders|other uses|Delena (disambiguation)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Delena
| image = Delena-cancerides-huntsman-spider.jpg
| image_caption = Delena cancerides (female)
| authority = Walckenaer, 1837
| type_species = D. cancerides
| type_species_authority = Walckenaer, 1837
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 11, see text
| synonyms =
- Eodelena Hogg, 1903{{cite journal| last1=Agnarsson| first1=I.| last2=Rayor| first2=L. S.| year=2013| title=A molecular phylogeny of the Australian huntsman spiders (Sparassidae, Deleninae): implications for taxonomy and social behaviour| journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution| volume=69| issue=3| page=902| doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.015| pmid=23831456}}
}}
Delena is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.{{cite book| last=Walckenaer| first=C. A.| year=1837| title=Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères| pages=1–682| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.61095| publisher=Paris 1 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102126| author-link=Charles Athanase Walckenaer}}
Species
{{as of|2019|09}} it contains eleven species, found in New Zealand and Australia:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Delena Walckenaer, 1837| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-10-13| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3108| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 (type) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
- Delena convexa (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Delena craboides Walckenaer, 1837 – Australia
- Delena gloriosa (Rainbow, 1917) – Australia (South Australia)
- Delena kosciuskoensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Delena lapidicola (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Delena loftiensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (South Australia)
- Delena melanochelis (Strand, 1913) – Australia (Victoria)
- Delena nigrifrons (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Delena spenceri (Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Tasmania, King Is.)
- Delena tasmaniensis (Hirst, 1991) – Australia (Tasmania)
See also
References
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Category:Spiders of New Zealand
Category:Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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