Belisana (spider)

Belisana
Belisana khaosok
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Belisana
Thorell, 1898[1]
Type species
B. tauricornis
Thorell, 1898
Species

143, see text

Belisana is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1898.[2]

Species

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As of April 2021 it contains 143 species, found in Asia, Papua New Guinea, on Fiji, in Australia, and Kiribati:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Belisana Thorell, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Thorell, T. (1898). "Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXXX. Secondo saggio sui Ragni birmani. II. Retitelariae et Orbitelariae". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 19[=39] (2): 271–378.