Leviana

Leviana
female L. folium
male L. dimidiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Leviana
Framenau & Kuntner, 2022
Type species
Epeira dimidiata
L. Koch, 1871
Species

5, see text

Leviana is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae.

Distribution

Leviana is distributed across Australia.

female L. dimidiata

Etymology

The genus name "honours the late Herbert Levi (1921–2014) for his contribution to araneid taxonomy and systematics".

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes five species:

References

  1. 1 2 Framenau, V. W.; Kuntner, M. (2022). "The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae)". Evolutionary Systematics. 6: 103–133. Bibcode:2022EvSys...6..103F. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.6.83573. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Leviana Framenau & Kuntner, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-24.