Missulena insignis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Suborder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Actinopodidae |
Genus: | Missulena |
Species: | M. insignis |
Binomial name | |
Missulena insignis Cambridge, 1877 |
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Synonyms | |
Eriodon insigne Cambridge |
Missulena insignis, commonly known as the lesser red-headed mouse spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Actinopodidae native to Australia. The species name is derived from the Latin insignis "mark".[1]
William Joseph Rainbow described a male collected from Menindie, New South Wales as Actinopus formosus in 1896,[2] formosus being Latin for "handsome/beautiful".
References
- ^ Brunet, Bert (1997). Spiderwatch: A Guide to Australian Spiders. Reed. p. 80. ISBN 0-7301-0486-9.
- ^ Rainbow, William Joseph (1896). "Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 6". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 320–44 [328–30].