Badumna | |
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Badumna longinqua | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Desidae |
Genus: |
Badumna Thorell, 1890 [1] |
Type species | |
B. hirsuta Thorell, 1890
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Species | |
16, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Badumna is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. [5] They are harmless spiders that can be found around human structures and buildings. The most well-known species is B. insignis, also known as the "black house spider" or "black window spider". [6]
They are medium to large cribellate spiders. The carapace is pale brown to a darker brown in color, with long or small brown hairs being found besides smaller white hairs. The opisthosoma has a dark striping or spotting. [7]
Most of the species are considered to be endemic in the Indo-Australian region, but some have been introduced elsewhere. B. longinqua is the only species introduced to North America, now found in urban areas along California's Pacific coast. [8] B. insignis has also been found in Japan, though it is thought it was introduced. [7]
As of October 2022 [update] it contains sixteen species: [1]
Badumna | |
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Badumna longinqua | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Desidae |
Genus: |
Badumna Thorell, 1890 [1] |
Type species | |
B. hirsuta Thorell, 1890
| |
Species | |
16, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Badumna is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. [5] They are harmless spiders that can be found around human structures and buildings. The most well-known species is B. insignis, also known as the "black house spider" or "black window spider". [6]
They are medium to large cribellate spiders. The carapace is pale brown to a darker brown in color, with long or small brown hairs being found besides smaller white hairs. The opisthosoma has a dark striping or spotting. [7]
Most of the species are considered to be endemic in the Indo-Australian region, but some have been introduced elsewhere. B. longinqua is the only species introduced to North America, now found in urban areas along California's Pacific coast. [8] B. insignis has also been found in Japan, though it is thought it was introduced. [7]
As of October 2022 [update] it contains sixteen species: [1]