Yiinthi is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 1994.[2] Y. lycodes was transferred from Heteropoda.[2]
| Yiinthi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Yiinthi Davies, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| Y. spathula Davies, 1994
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Species
editAs of September 2019[update] it contains eight species, found in Papua New Guinea and Australia:[1]
- Yiinthi anzsesorum Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
- Yiinthi chillagoe Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
- Yiinthi gallonae Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
- Yiinthi kakadu Davies, 1994 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
- Yiinthi lycodes (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
- Yiinthi molloyensis Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
- Yiinthi spathula Davies, 1994 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
- Yiinthi torresiana Davies, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Yiinthi Davies, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b Davies, V. T. (1994). "The huntsman spiders Heteropoda Latreille and Yiinthi gen. nov. (Araneae: Heteropodidae) in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 75–122.