Species Badumna longinqua

Classification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Cribellate spider - Badumna longinqua - female

Calamistrum, metatarsus of leg IV - Badumna longinqua - female

Small spiders, very social, yet skiddish. - Badumna longinqua

Minimally marked, furry brownish Spider w darker abdomen, almost covered with gray setae, yielding a double row pattern of spots - Badumna longinqua - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Desidae

Genus Badumna

Species longinqua (Badumna longinqua)

Range

Native to Australia; introduced in New Zealand and the Americas. In North America, known only from coastal urban areas of California. (1)

Remarks

Has occasionally been misspelled on BugGuide as "Badumna longiqua". See commentary here.

Internet References

www.canadianarachnology.org - Image and habitat.

nathistoc.bio.uci.edu - Images (same images found on BugGuide) and a little info.

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of North America: an identification manual

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 29 November, 2008 - 8:49am
Additional contributions by Lynette, ceiseman, Harsi S. Parker, Mandy Howe
Last updated 9 July, 2011 - 9:37am

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