Borniella

Borniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Borniella
Grall & Jäger, 2022[2]
Species:
B. parva
Binomial name
Borniella parva
Grall & Jäger, 2022[1]

Borniella is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae containing the single species, Borniella parva.[1]

Distribution

Borniella parva has only been recorded from Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei).[1]

Etymology

The genus name refers to Borneo. The species name is Latin for "small", referring to the small body size.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Borniella Grall & Jäger, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  2. ^ a b Grall, E.; Jäger, P. (2022). "Four new genera of Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 from Malaysia, Brunei and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 5169: 1–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.1.