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Battalus is a genus of Australian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2015.

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Instance of
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Gnaphosidae
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taxon author citation
Karsch, 1878
taxon name
Battalus
taxon rank
genus
endemic to
Australia
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Battalus is a genus of Australian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2015.

==Species== it contains thirteen species: Battalus adamparsonsi Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) Battalus baehrae Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia) Battalus bidgemia Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) Battalus boolathana Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia) Battalus byrneae Raven, 2015 — Australia (Tasmania) Battalus diadens Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) Battalus helenstarkae Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia) Battalus microspinosus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) Battalus rugosus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) Battalus semiflavus (Simon, 1896) — Australia (Queensland) Battalus spinipes Karsch, 1878 — Australia (Queensland) Battalus wallum Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) Battalus zuytdorp Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia)

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