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Battalus

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Battalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Battalus
Karsch, 1878[1]
Type species
B. spinipes Karsch, 1878
Species

13, see text

Battalus is a genus of Australian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.[2] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2015.[3]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains thirteen species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Battalus Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (2015). "A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific". Zootaxa. 3958 (1): 38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1. PMID 26249225.