Leviana

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Leviana
Leviana folium 265631770.jpg
female L. folium
Leviana dimidiata 557928155.jpg
male L. dimidiata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Leviana
Framenau & Kuntner, 2022 [1]
Type species
Epeira dimidiata
L. Koch, 1871
Species

5, see text

Leviana is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. [2]

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Distribution

Leviana is distributed across Australia. [2]

female L. dimidiata Leviana dimidiata 174529372.jpg
female L. dimidiata

Etymology

The genus name "honours the late Herbert Levi (1921–2014) for his contribution to araneid taxonomy and systematics". [1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes five species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Framenau, V. W.; Kuntner, M. (2022). "The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae)". Evolutionary Systematics. 6: 103–133. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.83573 . Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Leviana Framenau & Kuntner, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-24.


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