Pediana

Pediana
Pediana regina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Pediana Simon, 1880[1]
Type species
P. regina (L. Koch, 1875)
Species
9, see text

Pediana is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[2]

Species

As of September 2022^[update] it contains nine species, found in Australia and on Java:[1]

• Pediana horni (Hogg, 1896) – Australia
• Pediana longbottomi Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Pediana mainae Hirst, 1995 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Pediana occidentalis Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Pediana paradoxa Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia)
• Pediana regina (L. Koch, 1875) (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
• Pediana temmei Hirst, 1996 – Australia (South Australia)
• Pediana tenuis Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Pediana webberae Hirst, 1996 – Australia (Northern Territory)

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. "Gen. Pediana Simon, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Simon, E. (1880). "Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides)". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 34: 223–351.