Battalus

Battalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae
Genus:	Battalus Karsch, 1878
Type species
B. spinipes Karsch, 1878
Species
13, see text

Battalus is a genus of Australian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2015.

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains thirteen species:

• Battalus adamparsonsi Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
• Battalus baehrae Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia)
• Battalus bidgemia Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
• Battalus boolathana Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Battalus byrneae Raven, 2015 — Australia (Tasmania)
• Battalus diadens Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
• Battalus helenstarkae Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia)
• Battalus microspinosus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Battalus rugosus Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Battalus semiflavus (Simon, 1896) — Australia (Queensland)
• Battalus spinipes Karsch, 1878 — Australia (Queensland)
• Battalus wallum Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Battalus zuytdorp Raven, 2015 — Australia (Western Australia)

References