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}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

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}}

See also

References