Delena cancerides

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Delena cancerides
Illustration by Des Helmore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Delena
Species:
D. cancerides
Binomial name
Delena cancerides
Synonyms
  • Delena impressa
  • Thomisus cancerides

Delena cancerides, also called the flat huntsman or social huntsman, is a huntsman spider from Australia. In New Zealand, it is sometimes known as the Avondale spider.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. Rowell, D. M.; Avilés, L. (1995). "Sociality in a bark-dwelling huntsman spider from Australia, Delena cancerides Walckenaer (Araneae: Sparassidae)" (PDF). Insectes Sociaux. 42 (3). Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser: 287–302. doi:10.1007/BF01240423. ISSN 0020-1812. OCLC 260154986. S2CID 12283023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2012.