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| Demadiana | |
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| Demadiana complicata in Great Sandy National Park, Queensland | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Arkyidae |
| Genus: | Demadiana Strand, 1929[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dema simplex | |
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Demadiana is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Arkyidae, first described by Embrik Strand in 1929.[3]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes six species:[1]
- Demadiana carrai Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Demadiana cerula (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Demadiana complicata Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 – Australia (Queensland)
- Demadiana diabolus Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 – Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)
- Demadiana milledgei Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
- Demadiana simplex (Karsch, 1878) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria) (type species)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Demadiana Strand, 1929". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ↑ Framenau, Volker W.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Harvey, Mark S. (2010). "Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae: Araneidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 24 (2). CSIRO Publishing: 139–171. doi:10.1071/IS10005.
- ↑ Strand, E. (1929). "Zoological and palaeontological nomenclatorical notes". Acta Universitatis Latviensis. 20: 1–29.
