Passiena

Passiena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Passiena ; Thorell
Species
	Passiena albipalpis Roewer, 1959 ; Passiena auberti(Simon, 1898) ; Passiena spinicrusThorell, 1890 ; Passiena torbjoerniLehtinen, 2005 ;

Last updated October 03, 2025

Passiena is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae with four described species from Africa and Asia. It was first described in 1890 by Thorell.^[1]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes six species:^[1]

Passiena albipalpis Roewer, 1959 – Cameroon
Passiena auberti (Simon, 1898) – South Africa
Passiena bayi Omelko & Marusik, 2020 – Laos
Passiena duani Tan, Irfan, Zhang & Wang, 2023 – China
Passiena spinicrus Thorell, 1890 – Malaysia (Peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Borneo) (type species)
Passiena torbjoerni Lehtinen, 2005 – Thailand

References

1 2 3 "Genus Passiena". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-02.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Genus Passiena". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-02.

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