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Teranodes

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyHexathelidae
Observations recorded213

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
133
With media
46
Family
Hexathelidae
Collections
NMV, AM, QM, QVMAG
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hexathelidae
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taxon name
Teranodes
taxon rank
genus
endemic to
Australia
taxon author citation
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.

==References==

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