Celaenia
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Celaenia is a spider genus in the family Araneidae.
Species
- Celaenia atkinsoni (O. P.-Cambridge, 1879) — Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
- Celaenia calotoides RainbowWilliam Joseph RainbowWilliam Joseph Rainbow was an entomologist and arachnologist whose work includes the first catalogue of Australian spiders.-Life:...
, 1908 — New South Wales - Celaenia distincta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — New South Wales, Tasmania
- Celaenia dubia (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — New South Wales, Victoria
- Celaenia excavataCelaenia excavataThe bird dropping spider derives its name from mimicking bird droppings to avoid predators, mainly birds. However, there are other species of spider that resemble bird droppings, for example species of Mastophora ....
(L. Koch, 1867) — Australia, Tasmania - Celaenia hectori (O. P.-Cambridge, 1879) — New Zealand
- Celaenia olivacea (Urquhart, 1885) — New Zealand
- Celaenia penna (Urquhart, 1887) — New Zealand
- Celaenia tuberosa (Urquhart, 1889) — New Zealand
- Celaenia tumidosa Urquhart, 1891 — Tasmania
- Celaenia voraginosa Urquhart, 1891 — Tasmania