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Banaidja

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Banaidja
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Banaidja
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Species:
B. bifasciata
Binomial name
Banaidja bifasciata
(L. Koch, 1872)

Banaidja is a monotypic genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Banaidja bifasciata. It was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967,[2] and has only been found in Samoa.[1] The type species was transferred from Dictyna in 1929, retaining the original species name.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Banaidja Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
  3. ^ Berland, L. (1929), "Araignées (Araneida)", Insects of Samoa and other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda, London, p. 42