Huntia

Huntia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Huntia
Gray & Thompson, 2001

Huntia is a genus of spiders in the family Zoropsidae. It was first described in 2001 by Michael R. Gray & Judith A. Thompson. As of 2017, it contains two species, both from Australia.

The genus name honours arachnologist, Glenn Stuart Hunt (1944-1999).

Species

Huntia comprises the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 Gray, Michael Robert; Judith A. Thompson (2001). "New lycosoid spiders from cave and surface habitats in southern Australia and Cape Range peninsula (Araneae: Lycosoidea)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement. 64 (1): 159–170. doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.64.2001.159-170. Wikidata Q99573794. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Judith A. Thompson  (help)
  2. ↑ "Huntia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Genus Huntia Gray & Thompson, 2001". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  4. ↑ Queensland Museum Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Volume 50, (2004), p. 357, at Google Books