Boolathana spiralis

Boolathana spiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Opisthothelae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trochanteriidae
Genus: Boolathana
Platnick, 2002
Species: B. spiralis
Binomial name
Boolathana spiralis
Platnick, 2002

Boolathana spiralis is one of two species of western Australian spiders in the Trochanteriidae family.[1] The name refers to the coiled tip of the middle apophysis, one of the defining characteristics of the species. It is mostly red to brown, the color fading from dark on the top front to gray in the sides and bottom.[2]

References

  1. "Gen. Boolathana Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. Platnick, N.I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 193–199.
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