Teranodes is a genus of Australian funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven in 1985.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species: T. montanus and T. otwayensis.[1] It was originally given the name "Terania",[3] but it was later changed to "Teranodes" when it was discovered that the name was already in use for a genus of shield bugs.[2]

Teranodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Hexathelidae
Genus: Teranodes
Raven, 1985[1]
Type species
T. montanus
(Hickman, 1927)
Species

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Teranodes Raven, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1980). "The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata)". Journal of Arachnology. 8: 253.