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Species Badumna longinqua

Representative Images

Reddish spider - Badumna longinqua Reddish spider - Badumna longinqua Small spiders, very social, yet skiddish. - Badumna longinqua New Spider - Badumna longinqua Big spider with little ones - Badumna longinqua - female Grey House Spider - Badumna longinqua - female Spider Northern California - Badumna longinqua Olympia Badumna - Badumna longinqua - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Desidae
Genus Badumna
Species longinqua (Badumna longinqua)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Range

Native to Australia; introduced in New Zealand and the Americas. In North America, said to be only known from coastal urban areas of California. (1) However, BugGuide records also include several specimens from coastal Oregon and one from Washington near the Oregon border.

According to GB Edwards, it's also known from Hillsborough County, Florida.

Remarks

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

Internet References

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 Elliott, cheins, ceiseman, Harsi S. Parker, Mandy Howe, Laura P.
Last updated 12 November, 2021 - 8:17am

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