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