Birabenella

Birabenella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oonopidae
Genus:	Birabenella ; Grismado, 2010
Type species
	Birabenella homonota ; Grismado, 2010
Species
	7, see text

Last updated May 18, 2025

Birabenella is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 2010 by Grismado.^[1]

Species

As of September 2022^[update] it contains seven species, found in South America:^[2]

Birabenella argentina (Birabén, 1955) – Argentina
Birabenella chincha Piacentini, Grismado & Ramírez, 2017 – Peru
Birabenella elqui Grismado, 2010 – Chile
Birabenella homonota Grismado, 2010 (type) – Chile
Birabenella kamanchaca Piacentini, Grismado & Ramírez, 2017 – Chile
Birabenella pizarroi Grismado, 2010 – Chile
Birabenella portai Piacentini, Grismado & Ramírez, 2017 – Argentina

References

↑ Grismado, Cristian J. (2010). "Description of Birabenella, a New Genus of Goblin Spiders from Argentina and Chile (Araneae: Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates (3693): 1–21. doi:10.1206/3693.2.
↑ "Gen. Birabenella Grismado, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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[1] Grismado, Cristian J. (2010). "Description of Birabenella, a New Genus of Goblin Spiders from Argentina and Chile (Araneae: Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates (3693): 1–21. doi:10.1206/3693.2.

[NMBE22-2] "Gen. Birabenella Grismado, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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