Biology:Beregama cordata

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Short description: Species of spider

Beregama cordata
Fireback Huntsman Spider (Beregama cordata) 1.jpg
Fire-back observed near Brisbane
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Beregama
Species:
B. cordata
Binomial name
Beregama cordata
(L. Koch, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Isopeda cordata L. Koch, 1875

Beregama cordata, sometimes called the fire-back huntsman, is a species of spider endemic to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.[2] It is a member of the genus Beregama of huntsman spiders.[3]

Description

This spider was identified thanks largely to the work of D. B. Hirst.[4] It closely resembles Beregama aurea. It also resembles several other Australian huntsman spiders, especially species from the genus Neosparassus, although it lacks the black patch on the underpart of the abdomen which is found on Neosparassus members.[2]

References

  1. Beregama cordata. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 29 October 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Atkinson, Ron (6 May 2018). "Beregama cordata". Find-a-Spider Guide for the Spiders of Southern Queensland. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. "Beregama cordata". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/34383/Beregama_cordata. 
  4. Hirst, D. B. (1990). "A review of the genus Isopeda L. Koch (Heteropodidae: Araneae)". In Records of the South Australian Museum, 24. pp. 11–26.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q944422 entry