Herennia
Sign in to saveHerennia is a genus of spiders in the family Nephilidae, found from India to northern Australia. While two species have been known since the 19th century, nine new species were described in 2005. Spiders in this genus are sometimes called coin spiders.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAraneidae
Herennia es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Nephilidae. Se encuentra en Asia y en Oceanía.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Family
- Araneidae
- Collections
- QM, WAM, AM, CASC, MAGNT, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar
Wikidata facts
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- taxonomic type
- Herennia multipuncta
- Commons category
- Herennia
- taxon name
- Herennia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Thorell, 1877
- topic's main category
- Category:Herennia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Herennia is a genus of spiders in the family Nephilidae, found from India to northern Australia. While two species have been known since the 19th century, nine new species were described in 2005. Spiders in this genus are sometimes called coin spiders.
While H. multipuncta is invasive and synanthropic, all other known species are endemic to islands.
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