Borniella

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Borniella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Borniella
Grall & Jäger, 2022 [1]
Species:
B. parva
Binomial name
Borniella parva
Grall & Jäger, 2022 [2]

Borniella is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae containing the single species, Borniella parva. [2]

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Distribution

Borniella parva has only been recorded from Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei). [2]

Etymology

The genus name refers to Borneo. The species name is Latin for "small", referring to the small body size. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Grall, E.; Jäger, P. (2022). "Four new genera of Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 from Malaysia, Brunei and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 5169: 1–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.1.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Borniella Grall & Jäger, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.