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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Hexathelidae |
| Genus: | Bymainiella Raven, 1978[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. terraereginae (Raven, 1976)
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Species
editAs 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
edit- ^ a b 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.