Abba transversa
| Abba transversa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Abba Castanheira & Framenau, 2023[2] |
| Species: | A. transversa |
| Binomial name | |
| Abba transversa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Abba transversa is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae), found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.[1] It is the only species in the genus Abba.[2][4] Its name honours the Swedish pop group ABBA whose songs and subsequent musicals, Mamma Mia! (2008) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), provided hours of entertainment for the authors of the scientific paper.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Taxon details Abba transversa (Rainbow, 1912)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ a b "Gen. Abba Castanheira & Framenau, 2023", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ Rainbow, W.J. (1912). "Araneidae from the Blackall Ranges". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 1: 190–202 [197].
- ^ Castanheira, Pedro de S.; Framenau, Volker W. (2023). "Abba, a new monotypic genus of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Australia" (PDF). Evolutionary Systematics. 7: 73–81. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.7.98015.
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