Bymainiella

Bymainiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Hexathelidae
Genus:	Bymainiella ; Raven, 1978
Type species
	B. terraereginae ; (Raven, 1976)
Species
	4, see text

Last updated November 12, 2025

Bymainiella is a genus of Australian funnel-web spiders that was first described by R. J. Raven in 1978.^[2] This genus is named in honour of the Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.^[3]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains four species:^[1]

Bymainiella lugubris Raven, 1978 – Australia (New South Wales)
Bymainiella monteithi Raven, 1978 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
Bymainiella polesoni Raven, 1978 – Australia (New South Wales)
Bymainiella terraereginae (Raven, 1976) (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

References

1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Bymainiella Raven, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-10.
↑ Raven, R. J. (1978). "Systematics of the spider subfamily Hexathelinae (Dipluridae: Mygalomorphae: Arachnida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 65 (Suppl).
↑ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Bymainiella Raven, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-10.

[Rave1978-2] Raven, R. J. (1978). "Systematics of the spider subfamily Hexathelinae (Dipluridae: Mygalomorphae: Arachnida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 65 (Suppl).

[3] Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.

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