Badumna

Badumna
Badumna longinqua
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Badumna
Thorell, 1890
Type species
B. hirsuta
Thorell, 1890
Species

16, see text

Synonyms
  • Aphyctoschaema Simon, 1902
  • Derxema Simon, 1906
  • Hesperauximus Gertsch, 1937
  • Ixeuticus Dalmas, 1917

Badumna is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. They are harmless spiders that can be found around human structures and buildings. The most well-known species is B. insignis, also known as the "black house spider" or "black window spider".

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